How do you ensure that no student is invisible in your classroom? The foregoing are not trick questions. Rather, they are those that best-selling author Baruti K. Kafele poses and on which he suggests you deeply reflect as a teacher of Black students. The Equity & Social Justice Education 50 will help you understand the importance of having an equity mindset when teaching students generally and when teaching Black students in particular.
Key Features
- Defines social justice education and highlights the challenges faced by Black individuals.
- Provides a pathway to incorporate social justice education into lesson plans.
- Includes personal experiences from Kafele to emphasise the importance of representation for Black students.
- Offers questions to enhance understanding of race, systemic racism, and racial justice.
- Guides teachers in developing strategies that support Black students' achievement.
Additional Information
It sheds light on the issues and challenges that Black people face, as well as the successes they've achieved, providing you with a pathway to infusing social justice education into your lesson plans. Along the way, Kafele reveals personal experiences from his distant and recent pasts to highlight how important it is that your Black students see themselves in all aspects of education every day.
You, the teacher, play a critical role in your students' success. The questions that Kafele asks in this book will help enhance your own understanding of race, systemic racism, and racial justice and guide you in developing strategies and lessons that speak to Black students in ways that truly support their achievement.
