Promoting Social Justice and Environmental Justice

Social Justice in Mathematics  Reading to complement this blog https://sustainability.yale.edu/explainers/yale-experts-explain-environmental-justice ( This article really inspired me to think about how math modeling can be a powerful way to heighten awareness as well as take action in the locally to make a change.) Through the Lens of Social Justice: Acknowledgment, Actions, and Accountability (TODOS/NCSM, 2015) write,…

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Developing Myself as an Antiracist Math Educator -Promoting Social Justice

These are some professional development resources that I will learn from: https://www.teachingforchange.org/ https://equitablemath.org/ https://www.mathalicious.com/lessons/seeking-shelter-new https://www.mathalicious.com/lessons/you-re-so-fined https://www.mathalicious.com/lessons/wage-war  Does Race Matter Danny Martin Teaching Children Mathematics (October 2009) Gutierrez article (tensions) Martin (2019) Martin (2010) https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/mobilebasic Walk in my shoes-https://youtu.be/oVmHO_ENnOE Acknowledging our Role in the Education Debt:  Working to transform school mathematics for learners of color  Eden Badertscher and…

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Reflecting on Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy builds upon the Asset-Based Pedagogies that came before it but presents the need to not only affirm and connect to students’ cultural backgrounds, but also to sustain them through schooling.Django Paris and H. Samy Alim describe the key features across culturally sustaining educational settings in an Education Week Author Interview: ‘Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies’.…

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Learning More about Math Modeling as a lever for Social Justice

 I work primarily with elementary but these are folks that I follow in Secondary math methods and modeling with a focus on social justice. Felton-Koestler, M. D., Simic-Muller, K., & Menéndez, J. M. (2017). Reflecting the world: A guide to incorporating equity in mathematics teacher education. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. [link] http://feltonkoestler.wixsite.com/realworldmath/publications Also last year…

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