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Episode 151: Historically Responsive Literacy

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast, Episode 151 Transcript Jennifer Gonzalez, Host For years teachers have been looking for ways to improve the academic performance of all students, especially students of color and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. While some of these efforts have been successful, many more have had lackluster results. In previous episodes, we’ve talked about different approaches teachers can take to do a better job of reaching all students: the interview with Dena Simmons in episode 64, with Zaretta Hammond in episode 78, with Pedro Noguera in episode 110, and with Hedreich Nichols in episode 140….

Historically Responsive Literacy: A More Complete Education for All Students

…better job of reaching all students: interviews with Dena Simmons, Zaretta Hammond, Pedro Noguera, and Hedreich Nichols, to name a few. In these conversations, we looked at more effective ways of relating to students, strategies for working toward equity outside the classroom, and instructional methods that are more culturally responsive. This post continues that work with a fresh response to the question of how to better serve diverse students. It’s a framework that deals directly with the curriculum side of things, the standards, the actual content we teach in our classrooms. The framework is called Historically Responsive Literacy, and it…

Tools to Help Students Follow Their Passions

…these tools and your insights. In all of my projects/performance assessments, I try to give students choice and voice. Giving students choice usually brings more engagement. In many cases I allow my students to show the knowledge the way they choose. Just because a student doesn’t do well on a poster or an oral presentation doesn’t mean they don’t know the material. These tools allow them to not only use a passion to show engagement it empowers them, and in some cases, they become the coach or teacher to help other students. I knew of some of these tools but…

Let’s Make Better Slideshows

…so they can provide those slides to students or audience members after the presentation, for reference. This is a recipe for awful slides. If you want your audience to be able to access your content later, provide a handout that summarizes your main points. The handout could also be provided right along with your presentation, as it would help English learners, students with hearing difficulties, and others follow along better. This handout can be in paper or digital form. A PDF works well for this purpose, because it can be opened on most devices, regardless of platform. To distribute a…