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A review by carltonrobot
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by Christopher Emdin
4.0
"The time will always come when teachers must ask themselves if they will follow the mold or blaze a new trail. There are serious risks that come with this decision. It essentially boils down to whether one chooses to do damage to the system or to the student."
There was a lot of great information in this book. Like most books about urban education, it was very focused on middle school and high school classrooms, which I think is unfortunate because starting to use "reality pedagogy" in elementary school would help students feel valued and seen in schools from the beginning. While reading I tried to think of how his suggestions could be implemented in elementary school classrooms. With lots of modification they probably could be. I loved the ideas of classroom facebook, twitter and instagram offered in the last chapter. I also really appreciated the author's honest assessment of his own failures as a teacher and how he has grown past them. There's so much pressure for teachers to be perfect right away, but it's a learning process.
There was a lot of great information in this book. Like most books about urban education, it was very focused on middle school and high school classrooms, which I think is unfortunate because starting to use "reality pedagogy" in elementary school would help students feel valued and seen in schools from the beginning. While reading I tried to think of how his suggestions could be implemented in elementary school classrooms. With lots of modification they probably could be. I loved the ideas of classroom facebook, twitter and instagram offered in the last chapter. I also really appreciated the author's honest assessment of his own failures as a teacher and how he has grown past them. There's so much pressure for teachers to be perfect right away, but it's a learning process.