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For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'All Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
Christopher Emdin
4.11 AVERAGE
202 reviews for:
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'All Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
Christopher Emdin
4.11 AVERAGE
4.5 stars, really solid book about teaching. Good information about connecting with students who have a different experience (me, rural & white) than they do growing up and being educated in an urban racially diverse environment. What it all comes down to is teaching from a place of respect and love for the next generation.
informative
fast-paced
Interesting ideas and strategies for teaching students in urban classrooms.
Good for anyone who is interested in reading and implementing teaching pedagogy. If you are looking for ways to connect with your students and gain their interest in learning then this is the book for you. I am not a teacher, so I stopped reading because I understood the concept of the book. I will return to this book if I do go back into teaching.
Some parts I didn't find so applicable to my school/students/situation, but some ideas immediately energized me and made me feel like I could implement them easily and right away! Good perspective and a lot of things that made me think. I loved how many examples there were- made everything more applicable and easier for me to visualize and implement. Again, at times I felt like it wasn't taking certain things into consideration, or that some things weren't as easy as he was making them sound, but certainly things for me to try, to check myself on, etc. I recommend this one!
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I heard the author of this book on the radio and was excited to read it. I agree with his overarching theory; that white people who teach black and brown kids need to respect the culture/knowledge of black and brown kids in order to engage them in the classroom. And while there were some good ideas, the author suggested white folks "incorporate" elements of black culture into the classroom in ways that I thought were problematic. He never addressed the idea that white folks often co-opt black culture in really problematic ways, and I fear this book will encourage white folks to do that without thinking critically.
This book talks about schools' focus discipline, especially for urban students. It likens our systems to systems to educate Native children. Helping them by eradicating their culture and identity.
The first few chapters were so good, and had brain humming excitement. But I got overwhelmed by the middle when he started talking about cogen groups and going out into the community. Some his ideas I'm not sure how sell my students and how implement with fidelity, especially as a white person.
I'm still wrestling with particulars, but I'm starting where I can. The main idea that teaching has to be responsive to our students, even when that is new and uncomfortable rings true.
The first few chapters were so good, and had brain humming excitement. But I got overwhelmed by the middle when he started talking about cogen groups and going out into the community. Some his ideas I'm not sure how sell my students and how implement with fidelity, especially as a white person.
I'm still wrestling with particulars, but I'm starting where I can. The main idea that teaching has to be responsive to our students, even when that is new and uncomfortable rings true.
This book is so helpful, and I’d recommend it to anyone about to start teaching. I was a TA who got thrown into the deep end of teaching last fall, and had I read this book sooner, reality pedagogy would’ve made my class so much better. Some helpful concepts I would’ve loved to incorporate into my classes: cogens, coteaching (especially coteaching!), cosmo duos, a cosmopolitan attitude in the classroom. I loved the chapter towards the end on the importance of dressing yourself well and having an aesthetically pleasing classroom, because that reinforces what I already believed but had never applied to pedagogy. Also, yes, of course, your clothing matters.
Although this book is primarily aimed at white teachers who teach urban youth/neoindigenous kids, the pedagogy it presents could be useful for any teacher teaching to a classroom of students whose background differs from their own. Coteaching, especially, can be adapted for any situation because it allows the students to lead by example and show the teacher how they learn best.
I would love to read further on the subject of teaching kids to codeswitch because although there are great examples to show your students in the “Codeswitching” chapter, I still have questions about how a teacher would present this to their students.
Although this book is primarily aimed at white teachers who teach urban youth/neoindigenous kids, the pedagogy it presents could be useful for any teacher teaching to a classroom of students whose background differs from their own. Coteaching, especially, can be adapted for any situation because it allows the students to lead by example and show the teacher how they learn best.
I would love to read further on the subject of teaching kids to codeswitch because although there are great examples to show your students in the “Codeswitching” chapter, I still have questions about how a teacher would present this to their students.
#15 of 2018
I have seen this book a few times while browsing the education section at Barnes and Noble and I finally decided to buy it. It sat on my shelf another 6 months before I finally read it.
Emdin writes about Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education. As an administrator in an urban school, and white, I found this book to reaffirm some of my teaching and educational practices, while also shining light on new ideas.
There were several take aways from the book: I like the vocabulary chart for the English word, the Scientific/fancy word, and the slang term. Example: light, photon, and lyte. It discussed the concept of context for appropriateness which I thought might be a transferable activity to my building.
I have seen this book a few times while browsing the education section at Barnes and Noble and I finally decided to buy it. It sat on my shelf another 6 months before I finally read it.
Emdin writes about Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education. As an administrator in an urban school, and white, I found this book to reaffirm some of my teaching and educational practices, while also shining light on new ideas.
There were several take aways from the book: I like the vocabulary chart for the English word, the Scientific/fancy word, and the slang term. Example: light, photon, and lyte. It discussed the concept of context for appropriateness which I thought might be a transferable activity to my building.
informative
reflective