G17.

3 Reflection
Goal 17: Minimizing Bias in Educational Settings

Examine and minimize bias in the classroom, school, and larger educational
systems while using culturally responsive pedagogical practices

G17.1 Artifact: Annotated List of Websites

G17.2 Artifact: Culturally Responsive Project Prompt
Refection:
Soon after the U.S. population became concerned with an education system that
can compete with those from other countries, we realized there were plenty of
domestic issues as well. Although it is accepted that some students can perform
better than others, national trends have emerged showing that students with
particular backgrounds have higher or lower chances to achieve than others. For
example, students with low SES are less likely to perform as well as non-SES
students. Predictably, a number of organizations have attempted to buck these
trends, such as AVID and the Boys and Girls Club. G17.1 Artifact lists other
possibilities specifically for teachers in the classrooms to help ensure that any
systematic oppression on certain groups stops at the schools doors. This ranges
from culturally responsive instructional strategies, content relevance, appropriate
procedures and rules for diverse students, culturally safe classroom environments,
and so on.
G17.2 Artifact shows the prompt of a culturally responsive project I used in my
classroom this year. The project encouraged students to pair up and actually visit
each others homes. The project was slightly flawed in the sense that students could
choose who to work with; they could choose friends. On the other hand, I also had a
group of students thank me for assigning this project. As they told me, they became
friends throughout the process of completing the project.