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Innovations and Critical Issues in Teaching and Learning

2021

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Using Anti-Racist Education To Diminish Educational Debt, Whitney Husfeldt Jun 2021

Using Anti-Racist Education To Diminish Educational Debt, Whitney Husfeldt

Innovations and Critical Issues in Teaching and Learning

Bringing in student culture, ethnicity, and backgrounds into the classroom can be beneficial for all learners (Gay, 2013). Anthropologists have been urging schools to insert culture into education instead of education into culture for decades (Ladson-Billings, 2006). Yet, our country is more divided than ever. There continue to be dramatic gaps in performance between White students and Black Indigenous People of Color students. Therefore, schools must push past multicultural education and the notion of integrating culture into schools and instead commit to implementing anti-racist education. There are three common goals of anti-racist education: (a) identifying or making visible systematic oppression; …


Multilingual Learners In Mainstream Classrooms, Mai Kong Pheng Yang Jun 2021

Multilingual Learners In Mainstream Classrooms, Mai Kong Pheng Yang

Innovations and Critical Issues in Teaching and Learning

The United States of America has always been known for its diversity. A country that promises to “The Land of the Free.” Many people migrate in hopes of having a better future for themselves and for their children. Along with the high diversity rates in the United States, the different number of languages are also high and yet English is the main language taught in schools. As English maintains its dominance in the education system, many students fall into the category of an English Language Learner. These students are expected to learn the English language to strive in the education …