Christopher Emdin

"Drawing on his own experience feeling undervalued and invisible in schools..this book offers a new lens on/approach to teaching and learning in urban schools."

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Have you heard of the term neoindigenous?

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When the indigenous & neoindigenous are silenced they tend to respond to the denial of their voices by showcasing culture in vivid ways

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To be in touch with the community one has to enter into the physical places & work to be invited into the emotional spaces the youth inhabit

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Reality Pedagogy is the way to go when teaching urban youth!

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#callandresponse

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Cutting a black dudes hair is different than cutting a white dude’s hair

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The cypher transcends place and creates spaces where the neoindiginous provide clues to the outside world.

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For cogen sessions, it is imperative that the initial group of students is not homogeneous.

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Identify the possible roles that everyone who comes into the classroom can take on to help it function properly.

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The teacher spends the year fighting against communal practices that bring students together but which are seen by the teacher as disruptive

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Social capital and dense networks facilitate trust and cooperation, and can have either positive or negative effects on individuals

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There is a direct correlation between the time spent actively engaging in students' communities and the time spent actively engaged in class

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For the neoindiginous, the word battle means being a part of an event where one has to be at his or her best and prepared to be challenged.

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I suggest that educators implement a teaching and learning model that positions novices as no different from experts.

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When students are charged with preserving, capturing, and sharing their experiences in the school, teaching and learning becomes dialogic.

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Another activity that brings social media into the classroom is the use of ‘classroom Instagram'.

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Utilize this in your classroom for students who have a harder time speaking out!

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The joy of teaching should match the joy of learning! #collectiveeffervescence

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Three basic steps to fully learning about, and engaging with, students' context coming up next...