CULTURE, IDENTITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE: ADDRESSING THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IMPERATIVE

Antonette Aragon, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorColorado State UniversityJuly 31, 2016

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”LEARNING MAKES US--HIGHER EDUCATION

Pearson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUUDPoohwyE&utm_medium=email&utm_source=&utm_campaign=&cmpid=

DEFINITION OF CULTURE-KLUCKHOHN

CULTURE ...''the, sum total of shared values, beliefs, meanings, symbols, attitudes, languages, patterns of thought and behavior, emotional expressions, products, artifacts, aesthetic standards and styles of communication--all of which have been created by a group of people, which are transmitted, learned and internalized.”

Our whole way of life.

Cultural Iceberg

PARTNER DISCUSSION:

LOOK AND CHOOSE SOMETHING YOU HAVE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW (CLOTHING, WATCH, NOTEBOOK, PEN, ETC.) AND TALK TO A PARTNER ABOUT WHY THIS IS PART OF YOUR CULTURE.

DISCUSS REFLECTIVELY ABOUT HOW THIS OBJECT IS PART OF YOUR CULTURE.

EQUAL EDUCATION IMPLIES THAT WE GIVE EVERY STUDENT THE SAME THING AND AN EQUITABLE EDUCATION PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY (NIETO & BODE, 2012).

Equitable Education

SELF

OTHERSSYSTEMS

SELF-SYSTEMS & OTHERS“SELF” understanding

-Who am I? How can I have critical consciousness?-How have I been Socialized?

“SYSTEMS”--Sociopolitical Consciousness regarding cultural differences--History, culture, social, economics, politics, & environments; and how have these systems impacted inequitable education?

“OTHERS” -What do I know about “others?”-How can I gain more knowledge?

-How do I embrace people who are different than I am?

HOW DO WE ENSURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE EQUITABLE EDUCATION SO THEY MAY ACADEMICALLY ACHIEVE?

Questions??