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Case: White Intern in a Black inner-city school
My sister, Gina, who is a young White girl, started her student teaching in a predominantly Black school in inner-city America. She initially approached her job with optimism and purpose. However, she began to experience her first doubts with the presentation of an emotionally charged poetry reading at an all-school assembly. The poem painted a picture of the oppression of the African Americans by the European American majority. My sister was moved by the poem and accepted the historical truth of its message. At the same, she said she wondered what educational effects of the poem were and whether it would affect her legitimacy as a White teacher in a Black school. She talked to me about her experience. I am an experienced teacher, but I could not answer whether poems like that have any educational value, and whether or not my sister should worry about her legitimacy as a White teacher. I don't what she should do in this specific situation.
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I don't think the teacher needs to worry about her ethnicity while teaching. A good teacher is a good teacher regardless of the race. Teachers should acknowledge history and create teachable moments for the students. Using the past events and relating it to current events in the society is a good teaching strategy. Questions like: How did the African Americans feel about the oppression? What are some current events that might be resulting in the oppression of some groups of people today? What can we do about those issues today?
I think learning from the past events and using them as a reference to address current events will help students think and learn from historical events.
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: I agree with you that Gina does not need to worry about her ethnicity, once the students see for themselves how good a teacher she is, she will be accepted in the school. |
| Rated On: September 21, 2015 12:47 am |
| Rated By: yWasyD |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: Good |
| Rated On: October 3, 2017 6:11 pm |
| Rated By: NuXepy |
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