Behaviorism is one of the theories that have remained popular since its inception. This theory came out of the notion that humans were biologically continuous with the animal Kingdom (Phillips & Soltis, 2004, p.21). The focus in behaviorism isn’t how new knowledge is acquired but how new behaviors are acquired. Simply put, behaviors are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Beverly Cross’
A work in progress on past and present learning theories
Posted in Social Justice Education, Uncategorized, tagged academic achievement, assimilation, Bandura, Behaviorism, Beverly Cross, critical pedagogy, culturally relevant pedagogy, education, Geneva Gay, Gloria Ladson-Billings, learning styles, Learning theories, Lisa Delpit, Martin Haberman, Pavlov, Skinner, Thorndike on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is Cultural Competency Just Another Buzz Word?
Posted in Social Justice Education, Uncategorized, tagged social capital, education, culture, dominant culture, students of color, racial privilege, Lisa Delpit, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Beverly Cross, culturally relevant pedagogy, Geneva Gay, cultural mismatch, teachers of color on September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Is Cultural Competency Just Another Buzz Word?
As education reform in the United States continues to move, even if the movement is in circles, along with reform comes new buzz words and phrases. One of the hot phrases of today is cultural competency. Educators, teacher educators, and education institutions claim to be in [...]
-
Blog Stats
- 4,417 hits
-
Top Posts
- None
Tags
"good whites" academic achievement African American English allies American classrooms Angela Valenzuela Asa Hilliard III assimilation Audrey Thompson autobiography Beverly Cross cultural capital culturally relevant curricula culturally relevant pedagogy culture curriculum discourses dominant culture Ebonics Eduardo Bonilla-Silva education Gloria Ladson-Billings history immigrants instructional differences language Latinos learning styles Lisa Delpit literacy lynching meritocracy Michael Lewis privilege racial privilege racism Robert Sternberg Signithia Fordham social capital social class Social Justice Education standard English students of color subtractive schooling whitenessArchives
-
Recent Comments
- matthewross35 on The notion of being colorblind to race is dangerous…
- steve Lutz on The notion of being colorblind to race is dangerous…
- Tay on About
- With This Diet I Shed T h i r t y P o u n d s in Thirty Days on An Excerpt From A Recent Worksample I Constructed Having Taught…
- Syrill on An Excerpt From A Recent Worksample I Constructed Having Taught…
Category Cloud
