15 Aug Humanizing pedagogy
link; https://portfolio.du.edu/downloadItem/352880
For this Mini Essay on will draw on 2 sources of information along with your own experiences
1) Source #1: Humanizing Pedagogy: Reinventing the Principles and Practice of Education as Journey Toward Liberation by Mara Del Carmen Salazar (posted in Canvas).
2) Source #2: The Film Precious Knowledge (first 20 min.
In the first part of your essay explain
- How does the author and how do the students in the film typically experience school as brown people (before they get involved in Ethnic Studies) ?
- How do these personal experiences relate to the research on people of color in American schools?
- How do you relate in terms of YOUR OWN experiences as a k-12 student and /or those of your children.
In the second part of your essay describe
- One of the five tenets (or beliefs) of humanizing pedagogy what it means in your own words. Why is this important in your opinion to you and to students like you saw in Precious Knowledge? Explain and give examples from your own experiences and or the experiences of the students in the film Precious Knowledge. Use I statements.
In the third part of your essay identify and advocate for
- One of these principles or practices that is important to YOU as a learner. Where and how did you see it used in the film Precious Knowledge? Explain why it is a practice that should used by teachers.
