Zaretta Hammond: Culturally Responsive Teaching 101 |

[@katherinepittman5192]

Dr.Hammond- I first heard you speak on my homelands and triggered in ways that spoke to my special education brain. I like to know how the brain works. Your sessions here in Juneau highlighted how much I should track for programs. It also gave me focussed work, and my nephews/nieces, grandmas, and myself are so thankful fo your unapologetic voice.

[@bmoore2287]

excellent explanation

[@PatrickGaleski]

I am in Croatia and the whole concept of creating a culturally responsive school is a very foreign (and interesting) concept. Throughout Europe, there are more persons with minority & immigrant backgrounds coming to the schools and nothing in terms of bridging intercultural gaps has been attempted before. What suggestions do you have for schools starting off? If you are at 'point zero', what should be the first steps?

[@rexracernj7696]

I want to believe that this can make a difference but I don't see anything really specific or substantive in this presentation, other than just being empathetic w/students (which should, ideally, be a given).

[@tracyross7696]

Agreed. You’ll have to read her book to get the whole concept, Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain or Geneva Gay’s book Culturally Responsive Teaching Theory, Research and Practice (3rd Ed.)

[@THomasJPeel]

Excellent Video!

[@CoachDwightDBA]

I have her book❤

[@Triggered-RC]

Ummm, does this woman teach anything valuable? Not really.

[@marcleonidas7092]

I learned absolutely nothing from this video. 10 minutes out of my life I’ll never get back.

[@bmoore2287]

listen again

[@JosephDAndrea]

Yea, I dont know... something about this is odd to me. The obvious goal of education is to push students to their potential. The solution offered here seems very short sighted. It also seems to completely disregard that we are supposed to unified as a culture

[@CSWThompson]

@@JosephDAndrea You need the book. I am a teacher and culturally responsive teaching unifies the classroom. For example the books we read feature diverse stories from all over the world. It also does not traumatize kids who are struggling with poverty like suspending them or sending them to detention if they do not have all black shoes nor do they have them freeze in their classroom like some poor Hispanic kids who don't have the right school jacket. Kids are being hurt by stupid rules. When we are culturally responsive we don't require kids to wear a halloween costume in a classroom that is 50% Hispanic and 30% Haitian. We might celebrate Day of the Dead. In a 85% white classroom with American students celebrating Halloween might be fine but if 75% are evangelical christians we might just have a fall fest. We may skip a story about a child losing their father if a student just lost his father to cancer. These things do push students to their potential.

[@maura1535]

@@CSWThompson This comment was so helpful, much more than the video. :)