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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….

3 Fresh Strategies That Get Students Engaged With Texts

…engage their students. So they began curating strategies to meet that need. Earlier this year, they put those lessons into a book, 100% Engagement: 33 Lessons to Promote Participation, Beat Boredom, and Deepen Learning in the ELA Classroom. On the podcast, they shared three of the lesson ideas from the book. Each one is fun, low-tech, and gets students out of their seats and engaging actively with course material. If you and your students work with texts, I bet you’re going to want to try at least one of them in your classroom. The strategies are summarized below. You can…

A Starter Kit for Differentiated Instruction

…and responds to the diverse learning needs, styles, and abilities of students. It involves tailoring the teaching process to meet the unique needs of each learner, ensuring that all students have an equal opportunity to succeed. The importance of differentiation in teaching cannot be overstated: 1. Caters to diverse learning styles: Students learn in various ways, such as visually, auditorily, or kinesthetically. Differentiation helps teachers reach students with different learning styles. 2. Addresses varying learning abilities: Students have different levels of understanding and skills. Differentiation ensures that lessons are accessible and challenging for all learners. 3. Boosts student engagement: When…

Historically Responsive Literacy: A More Complete Education for All Students

…teachers can take to do a 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…