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Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Training Simulation and Discussion Dr. Dallas Dolan & Dr. Larry Coleman The Community College of Baltimore County, Maryland
Owings Mills Randallstown Hunt Valley Essex Catonsville Dundalk
Student characteristics
• In 2000, CCBC first identified achievement gaps between African American and white students • An aggressive campaign was begun, which included culturally responsive teaching, professional development, student case management and targeted activities, and new developmental education supports.
Achievement Gaps: Some Background
This professional development work about CRT comes from ten years of focused examination of the academic performance of minority and underrepresented students at our college.
This work also evolved from the attempts of faculty and administrators to dramatically improve the achievement and learning outcomes of those students.
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Gay’s definition indicates that “Using knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them. It teaches to and through the strengths of these students.” (Gay, G. 2000, p 29) Gloria Ladson- Billings agrees with the use of a cultural framework to be incorporated into the learning environment.
CRT Definitions
Ladson-Billings and Gay support the notion that within a culturally responsive framework: • • • Students must experience academic success. Students must develop and/or maintain cultural competence.
Students must develop a critical consciousness through which they challenge the status quo of the social order.
CRT desired Outcomes
• Culturally Responsive Teaching • Two-week (24 hour) Summer Seminar (stipend) • Workshops on Stereotype Threat, Social Capital, Race and Culture and Mindsets • Reached 100+ faculty last year; targets another 200 this year, including adjunct faculty. • Certificate of Culturally Responsive Teaching
Training in CRT at CCBC
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Race and Culture
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Overcoming Stereotype Threat
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Social capital
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* Mindsets
• *This is the module we will simulate for you today.
The four modules for the culturally responsive teaching seminar
Simulation……
Exploring Mindsets About Learning
One in a series of workshops on Culturally Responsive Teaching at The Community College of Baltimore County
Opening Activity
Metacognition: Thinking about thinking while you’re thinking.
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Self-talk:
“What will people think if I get these wrong?” “I’m horrible at Math, better start with the easier stuff.” “I hope they don’t make me share my answers— what if (insert name) finds out I got it wrong?” •
Thoughts:
This is easy! I haven’t had to take a test in years. Hope I remember this stuff. This should be interesting. •
Feelings:
relaxed, energized, anxious, dreadful
• http://youtu.be/UNAMrZr9OWY
This is an example of self talk
• Two handouts • • Six Question Assessment Note sheet
Opening Activity Directions
Assessment Activity: Answer all 6 questions on the activity sheet. (5 Minutes)
Thoughts Feelings Self-talk
Think- and -Share
Debriefing & Observations?
“For twenty years, my research has shown that the view your adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life.” Dweck, 2007.
What does this have to do with Mindsets?
David Yeager
Fixed Mindset Beliefs
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Ability is fixed and unchangeable We tend to sort ourselves and others regarding intelligence and ability Difficulty or failure is confirmation of inferiority No responsibility, control or reference to effort
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Growth Mindset Beliefs Ability is not limited, but improvable
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Tend to measure growth in relationship to a ‘personal best’ or process of development toward mastery
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Difficulty or failure is information about what to do to improve
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Effective effort enhances intelligence
Beliefs and Mindsets
The Learner How does Mindset affect learning? Fixed Mindset Performance Orientation Growth Mindset Learning Orientation On entering a task asks..
Can I do it? Will I look smart?
Focuses on… The outcome How can I do it? What do I need to learn?
The process to an outcome Believes that errors..
Indicate failure or personal limitations Finds uncertainty… Threatening Believes that the optimal task… Maximizes how smart s/he looks Are a natural and useful source of feedback Challenging Maximizes his/her learning (becoming smarter)
The Learner
How does Mindset affect learning?
Fixed Mindset Performance Orientation Growth Mindset Learning Orientation Operates with standards that are… Enters the situation with expectations that… Sees the teacher’s role as… When successful, experiences rewards as Comparative, immediate, rigid Emphasize present ability.
Personal, long-terms, flexible Emphasize effort toward learning. A judge, a controller of rewards and punishment.
Extrinsic, reflecting the value of someone else’s judgment of his/her performance A coach, a resource and a guide. Intrinsic, reflecting the value of skills, activity and progress.
• How can we, as educators, encourage our students to adopt a growth mindset? In our classrooms? In our interactions with students? • How can we adopt a growth mindset ourselves?
Translating theory to practice
Jadi
• • • • • Studies on Motivation and Achievement Studies on Gender Gap in Math Studies on Narrowing Racial Achievement Gaps Studies on Resilience and Behavior Studies on Malleability of Intelligence
More on the Research see the annotated bibliography
How Can We as Educators Encourage a Growth Mindset in Students?
Teach it directly. Use reflective activities like journaling and blogging. Discuss your own personal experiences with growth or fixed mindsets Use the terminology---give them the vocabulary.
• How do the
mindsets of faculty
and staff who work with students
influence their expectations
of students at your institution? • How do student mindsets about abilities affect their academic behaviors?
• Could your
institution benefit
from a similar program? Why or why not?
Relating this to your institution
Questions? Comments? Discussion?
• Please stop by the Emerging Ideas area to talk with us more about Culturally Responsive Teaching at CCBC.