Blog 5, Chapter 4
Vocabulary Vitalizer, Idea Illustrator
Additive bilingualism (pg. 105)- bilingualism in which a second language is acquired without detriment to the first - www.highbeam.com
Counterhegemonic act (pg. 112)- against current intellectual trends: contrary to the prevailing fashions
Detracking (pg. 120)- students who were previously "tracked", or placed into groups based on ability, are now being placed into mixed groups of varying ability and backgrounds known as "detracking"
Idea Illustrator
"I prefer to think of teaching and learning not as accommodation-which inevitably implies loss rather than gain-but rather as a negotiation among students and their families, and teachers and schools."- pg. 105
"...teaching is not merely a group of strategies, but a combination of ingredients."- pg. 111
"Nowhere is the need more evident for teachers to begin their own transformation before they can begin to help young people identify with schools."- pg. 124
Laura, I love your images...especially the one of the hands of students of various skin colors forming a star! Regarding (de)tracking, do you think that students are affected by their placement in a track? That is, if students are placed in a "low" ability track, will they be predestined to fail, perhaps due to low expectations? Conversely, are "honors" students going to be successful because they are placed with teachers that maintain high expectations? Nieto talked about the effects of placing students previously tracked in "low" ability groups into "honors-type" classes, and the students were successful! - Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the pictures of the hands of the students. To me, it is showing that all students no matter what culture need to come together in order to create a successful classroom environment where everyone is valued and appreciated.
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Counterhegemonic act (pg. 112)- against current intellectual trends: contrary to the prevailing fashions
ReplyDelete......thats a one heck of a word!...I must say I was not counterhegemonic in middle school, I wanted to fit in with everyone else. I too love the pictures, diversity acceptance does not just fall on the students but the teacher must set the classroom environment up to make it a positive welcoming one:)
-Christina
Elizabeth, I definitely think they can be effected by being placed in a specific track. If the students don't realize themselves they are in a specific classification, teachers certainly do and that can be carried all the way through their education. Whether or not they are intentionally given lower expecatations or not, it is possible.
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