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@DebbieC94364942 Awesome quote! Sometimes I think we just need to get our students to understand that the world is run by humans just like them, and if they understand it, then they can disrupt it for the better.

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@CABride07 I think there is a lot of valid fear that teachers feel regarding this topic. It is probably easiest to avoid the topic altogether, but that means the next generation will not be much different than this one. It takes objectivity and bravery among teachers.

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@Qu33nAkilahD Very interesting to think of how much habits affect our everyday life. I also wonder if habits are passed down from previous generations and don’t actually get intentionally reevaluated for their purpose. For example, standardized testing.

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“We must work to develop 3 characteristics in our student teachers to prepare them for activism: 1-empathy, 2-political analysis of systems of oppression, 3–with an understanding of how inequality is maintained, the sense that they can do something about it.” #UCinnTeachDemocSoc

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@mortonco21 This reminds me of Ibram Kendi’s How To Be An Antiracist. It makes me wonder, can one only be either a revolutionary or an oppressor? Either racist or anti-racist? Is there no middle ground? I’m truly not sure. I have been trying to wrap my head around that for a long time.

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Thanks for your replies! I do agree that sometimes it is contradictory that the expectations and standards in education are often set by those who have never been in the classroom. Maybe rules get broken because they aren’t good rules to begin with.

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“It happens in classrooms everywhere: smart, qualified, ethical teachers breaking rules and finding work-arounds to do things that align with their expertise and experience, not the way they are told to do them, but because they know what students need.” #UCinnTeachDemocSoc

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@davenpab This is a very interesting challenge! It is certainly helpful for kids to buy into the content when it is relatable in the moment. For example, I did it with covid and the math of exponential growth. But I feel things could get random if this is the approach 100% of the time.

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@CABride07 Those are great! I agree with The Giver especially, that one was a favorite of mine. I really loved Lord of the Flies too, it made me think so much about friendships, group dynamics, and leadership.

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“I want all my students to recognize themselves in their reading, learn about the world beyond, acknowledge their responsibilities to each other, and learn how to come together to shape the world they live in.” Did you read a novel like this in school? #UCinnTeachDemocSoc

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@evansca4 I’ve never read that, maybe I will try it out!

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@davenpab Interesting! To make the content as relevant to the current moment as we can, we have to stray from our textbooks sometimes. We also have to be willing to be vulnerable with what we aren’t experts in, and brave enough to learn. Our students can learn greatly from that alone.

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@MrsS_Science I empathize with this! I’m sure it is tough to choose language that correctly describes scientific realities while also respecting diverse perspectives. To do so must be intentional all the time I imagine. Witnessing those language choices is a good lesson in itself for students.

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@evansca4 Great quote! This really makes me think about the way the “meritocracy” is presented to some students in a way that they can “get out of here” and go somewhere different or better. That in itself perpetuates the divide. I will definitely work on reframing my language here.

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@CABride07 I think it is necessary to teach the human component of history and to ask students to reflect on that as they put themselves into the shoes of our ancestors. This is a much more productive way to teach history than simply memorizing facts and events.

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@glostesd I completely agree with this! I truly believe all students have the capacity to understand math and that the idea that some are just “not math people” and will never get it is not ok. Students deserve education in number sense, operations, and spatial awareness no matter what.

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@davenpab I understand completely, that sounds like a lot of the same service opportunities I had too. I also think sometimes the opportunities were presented as ways to boost your college applications rather than help the community. Whether it moved beyond that was not built in to it.

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“A vast majority of school service programs embrace a vision of citizenship devoid of politics, promoting service but not democracy, privileging individual acts of compassion and kindness over social action and the pursuit of social justice”(Westheimer/Kahne) #UCinnTeachDemocSoc

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@KaylaCa27870035 information at hand, students can understand and respect the process of science as it affects all of our lives even if we don’t pursue a scientific career ourselves.

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@KaylaCa27870035 I think covid is a perfect example. It seemed hard for some people to accept changing recommendations from scientists because science is typically taught as unwavering truth. That can make people feel like they are being lied to. If we teach science as evolving based on the

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@KaylaCa27870035 I echo a lot of what was said above in that we should teach science as a way of thinking rather than as a list of facts. The facts are important to learn, but also the context in which these things have been evolved and proven to become facts is also important to learn.