Over the past 20 years, culturally responsive education (CRE) has gained attention from researchers and practitioners in schools across the United States. CRE is defined as an approach to viewing culture and identity as assets, including students’ race, ethnicity, or linguistic assets, among other characteristics.
Research shows that, when educators are responsive to students’ cultures and identities, students will have stronger relationships with educators, better learning experiences, and better outcomes.
Cultural responsiveness is essential for all students in the classroom, regardless of their background, culture, or identity.
Although a sound approach for student achievement, teachers often struggle to fully understand its origins and how to apply this model in the classroom.
Join the three SABES Curriculum and Instruction PD Centers for a session with
Dr. Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad on Culturally and Historically Responsive Adult Education on November 17 from 2 to 3:30 pm.
Dr. Muhammad ’s research examines the historical roots of CRE and provides a clear, practical, and equitable model that extends original CRE research into a new model of culturally and historically responsive education (CHRE). In this session, she will introduce educators to CHRE and discuss a four-layered equity model for teaching and learning that includes (1) identity, (2) skills, (3) intellectualism, and (4) criticality. Exemplar CHRE lesson and unit plans for adult education will be shown and discussed.
This session targets adult education ABE and ESOL teachers, but program directors are encouraged to attend as well.
COVID-19 Health Equity Units
OpenSciEd has released multidisciplinary
K-12 COVID-19 Health Equity Units. These units explore how different communities are impacted by the virus through the lens of historical inequities in society. The units target K-12 students but are highly adaptable to adult education students.
For example, the unit
How can we slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus to protect our communities focuses on the science of infectious disease, transmission, and vaccines. Students will learn how COVID-19 impacts communities across the U.S. depending on factors that affect the spread of COVID-19.
OpenSciEd developed these units in partnership with
BSCS Science Learning and K-12 classroom teachers from across the country. Epidemiologists, public health experts, equity and anti-racist education experts, community groups, as well as social-emotional learning experts contributed to the material development.
New Remote Teaching and Learning Resource
The DESE Center for Instructional Support has released
The Remote Teaching and Learning Module Series. This is a free, five-part series of self-guided modules for K-12 teachers and other K-12 school-based educators who are engaging in remote teaching and learning this year, whether through a hybrid or a fully remote model.
More information and links to the modules can be found
here.
Although designed for a K-12 practitioner audience, adult teachers will find these units are highly applicable to adult education as the content is designed to support teachers by defining best practices for remote teaching and learning and providing concrete tools to support instruction in this context.
