Required Text

 

1. Human Relationships and Learning in the Multicultural Environment 
1. Chapter 10: Techniques & strategies for Creating Culturally Relevant Classrooms
2. Chapter 12:  Becoming a Multicultural teacher in the 21st century
2. Horton, M., & Freire, P. (1990). We make the road by walking: Conversations on education and social change. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. 
   Chapter 4: Educational Practice
1. Chapter 5: Educational and Social Change

 

Multimedia

 

1. EduTrope. (2013). Myles Horton – Radical Hillbilly [Video]. Vimeo. Retrieved from http://vimeo.com/30650519
2. FreireProject. (2012). Paulo Freire Documentary Seeing Through Paulo’s Glasses: Political Clarity, Courage and Humility [Video file]. YouTube. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=U4jPZe-cZgc
3. Literacy.org (2009). Paulo freire -an incredible conversation [Video file]. Youtube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFWjnkFypFA

 

Websites

 

1. Common Core. (http://commoncore.org)
2. The Freire Project. (www.freireproject.org)

 

 

 

 

Recommended Resources

Articles

 

1. Civil Rights Digital Library. (2012). Horton, Myles, 1905. Civil Rights Digital Library. Retrieved from http://crdl.usg.edu/people/h/horton_myles_1905
2. Hurst, J. (2011). Civil Rights Movement Origins at Highlander Educational Sessions.Urban Habitat. Retrieved from http://urbanhabitat.org/node/1172
3. Thomas, H.G. (1964). Highlander Folk School Audio Collection 1953-1963. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Retrieved from www.tn.gov/tsla/history/manuscripts/findingaids/1248.pdf

 

Text

 

1. Freire, P. (2005). Pedagogy of the oppressed (30th Ed.). New York: Continuum. Retrieved from http://www.users.humboldt.edu/jwpowell/edreformFriere_pedagogy.pdf  

 

Multimedia

 

1. FreireProject. (2007). Henry Giroux: Figures in Critical Pedagogy [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvCs6XkT3-o
2. Olive, D. (2012). Paulo Freire & George Stoney Church Conversation [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8aExMg8foA

 

Website

 

1. Highlander Research and Education Center. (http://highlandercenter.org)

 

DQ 1

 

Critical Pedagogy for Social Change: What is the Role of a Teacher?

 

Critical pedagogy is a process that teachers use to look at educational practices and determine how equitable and effective they are. Critical pedagogy requires teachers to recognize their importance as agents of social change. Teachers who employ critical pedagogy are independent thinkers who make thoughtful decisions based on fact, experience, and personal reflection.

During the videos take note of following topics/themes as they will inform your response:

 

• Critical pedagogy
• Freire’s love of people
• Freire and people who believe in the future
• Horton’s definition of official education
• Horton’s theory on how to create social change
• Horton’s view on a new perspective 
• Role of art/music 
• Democracy defined

 

Address at least three of the points above using the readings and videos to support your response. 

Guided Response: Investigate at least two of your classmates’ responses. Discuss with them your commonalities in your responses and highlight the differences that you both present. Next try to build from those differences. As we see in the Horton & Freire (2000) text, discussing differences helps to create more knowledge and ultimately that new understanding can reinforce one’s own knowledge base. Thus, try to achieve this same kind of discourse with your classmates.

Paulo freire -an incredible conversation 

 

Paulo Freire Documentary Seeing Through Paulo’s Glasses: Political Clarity, Courage and Humility

 

 

Myles Horton – Radical Hillbilly

 

DQ 2

 

Meeting the Needs of Diverse Students

 

For your final assessment this week you will be asked to select a culture that you will investigate further. This culture can be one that was discussed in class or one that is familiar to you. 

To prepare you for this task, you will select three-to-six peer reviewed sources on the culture of your choice. Look for:

 

• Typical academic challenges
• Ideal teaching strategies
• Parental involvement techniques
• Rich cultural attributes (e.g., strengths, history, or traditions). 
• Then post an annotated bibliography of what you have found.

 

Example:

 

 

Guided Response: Review your classmates’ findings. Offer them suggestions as to what other sources they could use in their research. Additionally, compare your findings to theirs and engage in a conversation about the similarities between your cultures and/or findings. Consider how similar the struggles and solutions may be from culture to culture and determine if this will be helpful to you in your presentation.

Though two replies is the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and learning, your are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you (including the instructor) before the last day of the discussion; this will further the conversation while also giving your opportunities to extend the discussion and your application of the materials in a critical thinking and real world manner.