Importance of teaching Culturally Relevant Pedagogy:
Students find connection with the content.
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Curriculum will reflect accurate historical narratives and lived experiences. |
Inequality is better understood, which leads to better social justice action. |
Students of color show better attendance, higher GPA, and more credits earned. |
For more extensive reading, you can begin by accessing the articles below. For further questions, comments, or to continue the conversation, please email us!
Social justice in the social studies classroom: Using culturally relevant pedagogy to promote civic engagement |
This issue should be one important to all educators, but especially those concerned with social studies because approaching their fields using culturally relevant pedagogy can help all students, no matter their age, gender, or race, see themselves in the content.
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The Causal Effects of Cultural Relevance: Evidence from an Ethnic Studies Curriculum |
An extensive theoretical and qualitative literature stresses the promise of instructional practices and content aligned with the cultural experiences of minority students.
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The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies A Research Review |
Ethnic studies includes units of study, courses, or programs that are centered on the knowledge and perspectives of an ethnic or racial group, reflecting narratives and points of view rooted in that group's lived experiences and intellectual scholarship.
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Pathways to Social Justice: Urban Teachers’ Uses of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy as a Conduit for Teaching for Social Justice |
This article explores issues surrounding teaching for social justice in urban schools. Using qualitative methods, our study examined the ways in which seven urban teachers used culturally relevant pedagogy as a mechanism for teaching for social justice.
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Does Culturally Relevant Teaching Work? An Examination From Student Perspectives |
The current study asks whether culturally relevant teaching works by considering student perceptions of classrooms that vary in the amount of culturally relevant practices.
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Dr. Elisabeth Valenzuela
Dr. Kiran Kitara
Dr. Valdenia Winn
Dr. Cornell Pewewardy
Photos from our 2018 CRP Seminar
Kansas State Department of Education (partners)
Kansas State Board of Education (partners)
Washburn University (sponsor/partner)
Prairie Band Pottawatomie Nation (sponsor)
Sac & Fox Tribes (sponsor)
Walmart (sponsor)
Kansas Beverage Association (sponsor)
Golden Corral (sponsor)
Advisors Excel (sponsor)
Capitol Federal Foundation (sponsor)
Westar Energy (sponsor)
Pepsico (sponsor)
COX Cable (sponsor)
Tonantzin Society (sponsor/partner)
The Tri-Directors are:
Kansas Representative Valdenia Winn, Phd.
Kansas Representative John Alcala
Tonantzin Founder/Director Christina Valdivia-Alcala
1st Year Scholars Teaching CRP to Kansas Public School teachers:
Dr. Elisabeth Valenzuela
Dr. Kiran Kitara
Dr. Valdenia Winn
Dr. Cornell Pewewardy
Photos from our 2018 CRP Seminar
