Tag: critical pedagogy

  • Teachers work in fear?

    Another #BlAugust post, but this is an fired up post. I was going to blog about my Knowing and Learning preparation today, but a comment from a college learner in my program made me more and more upset as I thought about it. The learner (I redacted the name to protect them) said, “I was just…

  • Noncomplementary behavior in teaching

    I have been thinking about what the phrase “Teaching is a political act” means, and how the decision influences my actions in the classroom with learners. As I have been thinking about this, I realize the while the learners may engage more and learn mathematics at a higher level, some of their parents may be…

  • Teaching as political activity 2

    Yesterday I posted about deciding if teaching really was a dichotomy between agency or conformity, and I decided that yes, it really is a dichotomy. It is impossible to be a teacher and straddle the ideas of teaching to change the world or teaching to reinforce the world as it is. And then Andy Pethan…

  • Teaching as political activity

    Brian Lawler posted this today: Teaching is a political act. We r either recreating what is, or critically evaluating our world & knowledge; we teach 4 conformity or agency — Brian R Lawler (@blaw0013) July 27, 2016 This statement hit me in the feels, as it is intended.*** Then my brain took over. I realized…

  • Critically evaluating Value Statements

    I chose to examine my district’s math results for my final project in my Critical Pedagogy class. It made me seriously depressed and angry. It is one thing being told that we have “gaps” in our math outcomes, it is something completely different to do the research yourself and find just how large, systemic, and…

  • Why do we throw away the first years?

    Someone in my critical pedagogy class made a very astute comment the last class. We were discussing professionalism, the fact that there are many attempts at deprofessionalizing teaching going on today, and we were having a great conversation about who is benefiting from these acts. Who is pushing the process, who is benefiting, who does…

  • Holding the kitchen hostage – Power in the Classroom

    This post is a call to action. It tells a story that came out of my class presentation last night. I am in a hostile, passion filled mood because of it.   I started with this video. Let me just warn you before you click play. Every time I watch this video, I cry. These…

  • Challenging Authority in Schools

    I am still thinking of my critical theory journey and how it is and will continue affect my teaching. I don’t think I can ever stop thinking about it now, to be honest. In observing classrooms and teaching teachers, the idea of “authority” has come multiple times. Which led me to this topic. We have…

  • Re-Writing AP Stats through Critical Theory

    As I have been examining my practice through the lens of Critical Theory, I asked myself how would I teach differently now than I did even a year ago? Great question.   It is time for me to look at AP Stats differently. The last year I taught AP Statistics, I created great connections through…

  • Why Don’t Black kids like math?

    Learning is funny. There is an entire realm of things to know out there in the real world. Yet until you start looking, it is so easy to gloss over all of those things.  I started looking with a more  critical eye at the world and at my own practices, and realized that I was…