Creating Brave Spaces: Reckoning With Race in the Classroom
Teaching Hard History
English - September 03, 2021 00:09 - 1 hour - 94.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 258 ratingsCourses Education History american ela english hasan history jeffries race splc war arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
People from all corners of public life are telling teachers to stop discussions about race and racism in the classroom, but keeping the truth of the world from students simply doesn’t work. English teacher Matthew Kay urges educators to create brave spaces instead. He provides examples of classroom strategies for engaging with students at the intersections of race, literature and lived experience. Hint: it involves vulnerability, accountability and quality affirmations.
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