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James Bank: "Father of Multicultural Education"
We can trace multicultural education through history and it's roots. The Civil Rights Act has made an impact on education, as it has had a positive influence on African Americans. James Banks’ five dimensions of multicultural education provide a gateway to engage minority students and provide them with a sense of pride for their own cultural background and history. -
Five Dimensions of Multicultural Education
It is beneficial for students of different backgrounds to experience content integration. The entire class will be culturally exposed to new experiences that will lead to appreciating others with such diverse backgrounds. By understanding a person’s background and where they come from, allows for empathy to come into play. With empathy and understanding, come dedicated teachers who want to help and make a difference. Multicultural Education sparks the idea for Educational Equity. -
Linda Darling-Hammond
Linda Darling-Hammond helps keep the conversation going with open dialogue about educational equity. She says that the United States can be comparable to other nations through higher order thinking to compete in international assessment. Poverty in the U.S. plays a big part in the rankings of assessments. The educational world needs to address the poor academic outcomes in schools that have a high percentage of students living in poverty. -
The Anatomy of Inequality
Linda Darling-Hammond draws attention to the achievement gaps made by students of different race and social background and acknowledge the right for all children to be taught by well-qualified teachers. -
A Good Teacher in Every Classroom: Preparing the Highly Qualified Teachers Our Children Deserve
Coauthored with Joan Baratz-Snowden, Linda Hammond book outlines the need for well-qualified teachers in classrooms. Properly prepared teachers will ensure the success of our future in education. This book provides effective teaching ideas to not only teachers, but to administrators, superintendents, and other faculty members. -
Carol Dweck
Dweck's theory of mindsets emerges to provide a better understanding of our student's potential in not only a classroom setting, but also in life. Dweck is a strong believer in having a growth mindset verses a fixed mindset. Carol Dweck’s concept of a fixed mindset and a growth mindset is influential in the way for not only of how teachers should approach praising their students for a job well done, but also in every day life in how we all strive and hope to raise our children at home. -
Growth Mindset Influence in a Classroom
Dweck makes a valid point in that if we praise a child or student by saying how smart or clever they are, we are inadvertently leading them towards a fixed mindset, in which, may then inhibit their learning potential. But if we provide feedback that acknowledges their efforts and hard work, this may influence a growth mindset that will be, in the long run, a much better outlook and attitude to have in life. -
Mishra and Koehler TPACK
Koehler and Mishra explained the importance of understanding effective teaching with technology. They provided a framework as to how teachers can integrate technology in the classroom. Technology is everywhere. Our future is promising with of all the latest technological advances that continue to help us in a variety of ways. Not only is technology helpful and convenient in the way we all communicate with one another, but also it has been playing a major role in the K-12 education. -
TPACK
The technology of computer usage in elementary schools have helped teachers better keep track of what grade level their students are currently in, in regards to the content material of math or reading through various computer programs. Whether the students are below grade level, at grade level, or above grade level, teachers can make appropriate pedagogies, lesson plans to meet their student’s needs. Content, technology, and pedagogy is an important framework for teachers to understand. -
The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future
This book highlights every child's right to learn. Hammond provides logical advice, backed up by studies and research, on how to improve schools. She identifies the problem of unfair opportunities. Low-income students, students of color, and English language learners do not have the same access to well-qualified teachers and learning resources as other students of different social classes.
