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Picking Up the Pieces of Shattered Dreams: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy as a 21st Century Imperative

December 12, 2007

MESPA Building, Marlborough, MA

Description

Our nation's educators have been perplexed with the reality of shattered dreams as it relates to the effective education of "all" children and youth in U.S. schools. Visions of a quality education grounded in the work of pioneers like Horace Mann and John Dewey, and enhanced by the culturally specific context of trailblazers like W.E.B Dubois, Carter G. Woodson, and Asa Hilliard have been unfulfilled for critical masses of children of difference. Dreams have been shattered for many 21st century learners, but educators are compelled to transform teaching and learning for these worthy learners through culturally responsive pedagogy. This session focused on the support and strategies necessary in picking up the pieces from shattered dreams through a process of cultural proficiency development. Such a process frames a systematic and systemic ideological and action network designed to improve the education of "all" learners, with a specific focus on transforming the academic environment of African American youth in Massachusetts' public schools.

Sponsored by

Educational Leadership Alliance Partners

• Atlas Communities
• Future Management Systems
• Massachusetts Department of Education (MDOE)
• Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC)
• Massachusetts School Superintendents’ Association (MASS)
• Massachusetts Elementary School Principals’ Association (MESPA)
• Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators’ Association (MSSAA)

Speaker

Dr. Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A & M University. Aside from her teaching responsibilities, she is a well-known public speaker and trainer in the areas of multicultural education, behavior interventions, recruitment and retention of culturally diverse students in higher education, culturally responsive teacher education, and parental/family and community involvement. Dr. Webb-Johnson has also published several articles and book chapters about her research and work in these important subject areas. To learn more about Dr. Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson, please click here.

PowerPoint Presentation: click here.

Cultural Proficiency/Responsiveness Group Discussion Notes: click here.

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