C133 (Book Club): Continuing to Become Aware of our Actions (pg 59-69)

Confessions of a PYP Teacher

In the past episode, we discussed our own role as a culturally responsive teacher and how it shapes our frame of reference when teaching a classroom full of learners from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, let alone language acquisition, disabilities, and gender identity needs. This was compared to our understanding of surface, shallow, and deep cultural beliefs and ways we may trigger amygdala hijack without knowing it.
I don’t know about you, but my brain exploded. This is completely normal, when we peel back the layers of our own cultural frames of reference and compare them with our learners. Zaretta Hammond references a three part process for widening our own lens called description, interpretation, and evaluation.
I introduced it in the last episode to get you thinking, but this time, we are unpacking it to the fullest. Are you ready for description, interpretation and evaluation? I’m ready to get vulnerable and make changes in my practice.
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