Based on her school's experiences, Anton offers advice for elementary educators looking to launch
a curriculum on racism:
Drawing on lessons learned, a principal offers tips on bringing
a curriculum on racism to elementary schools
Not exact matches
Or you could look for
curricula on race and
racism.
Though educators and the public will never agree
on precisely what «citizen competence» demands of schooling, the best strategies for teaching reading, or the most appropriate
curriculum for cultivating critical thinking or a sense of justice, most will agree that schools that teach or practice
racism, deny boys and girls equal opportunities, or neglect mathematics do not merit public support.
On Education and
Racism: «When I got older and went to the University of California [Berkeley] I learnt about a more subtle racism and how it filters across our education system through tracking, hidden curriculums, social stratification, and things I had no idea of b
Racism: «When I got older and went to the University of California [Berkeley] I learnt about a more subtle
racism and how it filters across our education system through tracking, hidden curriculums, social stratification, and things I had no idea of b
racism and how it filters across our education system through tracking, hidden
curriculums, social stratification, and things I had no idea of before.
I think we should start the year talking about it,» Platt says, adding that administrators can support teachers by pointing them to
curriculum resources about
racism and social justice and saying «loud and clear, «We confront
racism head
on at this school.
Overcoming
Racism helps schools to reflect
on their school systems and determine if the messages that they send to students through
curriculum, values, initiatives and language empower or disempower.
It is contingent
on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide
curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices,
racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based
on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»
He cited the work of University of Queensland scholar Dr Chelsea Bond, who has written widely
on critical race theory, including this article for the LIME Network, Race is real and so is
racism — Making the case for teaching race in Indigenous health
curriculum.