Brilliant Teaching - Using Culture and Artful Thinking to Close Equity Gaps

Think like an artist and design a classroom that works--well--for everyone
 
In Brilliant Teaching, you will come to understand that equity--when we view it from an informed, multi-layered, and artistic perspective--is the essential purpose of teaching. As education thought leader Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge argues, true equity does not need to defend or justify itself against detractors. Teaching for equity means creating student-centered opportunities that match the social, political, and economic context of the learning environment. Informed by both theory and extensive collaboration with K-12 teachers, Brilliant Teaching will help you develop a deep understanding of culture, one that you can leverage in order to be responsive to students.
 
This book draws from a range of disciplines, including but going well beyond the post-modern and critical-theory-based discourse that dominate conversations today. Brilliant Teaching also pulls from art theory, cultural psychology, cognitive science, and learning theory, as well as classic historical texts within education. With this broad foundation, Dr. Stembridge offers an empowering, engaging approach that educators can use to help learners reach their own goals, and to move society onward and upward.
* Discover practices that you can use to provide vulnerable students with high quality, effective, and meaningful learning opportunities
* Learn to empathize with and respond to your students in a way that will engage and empower them in rigorous learning experiences
* Embrace artful thinking and an integrated understanding of culture in your approach to equity in the classroom
* View the K-12 classroom with a more expansive mindset and fresh ideas from an expert educator
 
For K-12 educators, preservice teachers, parents, school board members, and policymakers, this book is a breath of fresh air and inspiration in a world where culturally responsive teaching is increasingly recognized as a must.

List of contents

Preface xiii
 
Do I, or Do I Not, Take This Picture? xiv
 
What Is This Book About? xvi
 
To Whom Am I Speaking? xx
 
Part One Culturally Responsive Artmaking Teaching 1
 
One What Does It Mean to Think Like an Artist? 5
 
What Is Artmaking? 7
 
Social Learning 15
 
Notes on Artmaking: Influence and Inspiration 29
 
Chapter Notes 31
 
Two Defining Equity and the Problem of Fairness 35
 
A Problem of Fairness 37
 
Measured by Outputs 39
 
Quality and Effective 44
 
Difference <> Deficits 50
 
What Schools Can Do 60
 
Notes on Artmaking: The Heart of Equity 61
 
Chapter Notes 64
 
Three Shifting Paradigms 69
 
Equity Problems of Practice 71
 
Race 76
 
Nonstarters 83
 
Notes on Artmaking: Layered Methodologies 88
 
Chapter Notes 92
 
Four Artmaking-- As an Equity Issue 95
 
What Does It Mean to Understand? 97
 
The Role of Culture Relative to Achievement 108
 
Notes on Artmaking: Composition 127
 
Chapter Notes 128
 
Part Two The Culturally Responsive Artmaking Teacher (In) You 131
 
Five 12 Days of Instruction 135
 
Seating Charts, Volcanoes, and Different Glimpses of Themselves 137
 
Week 1: Planning (Structure and Process) 142
 
Week 2: Superpowers, Not Hacks 149
 
Week 3: From Compliance to Agency 160
 
"Something Has to Work Better ." 167
 
Notes on Artmaking: Ordinary Resurrections 169
 
Six Improvisation 173
 
Make It into a Melody 175
 
Uncertainty 177
 
Imprint the Memory 179
 
Notes on Artmaking: Have Students Translate the Melody 181
 
Chapter Notes 182
 
Seven Story 183
 
Our Job Is to Be a Storyteller 185
 
The Star of the Show 186
 
The Story Unfolds as a Question 188
 
Notes on Artmaking: The Power of Story 189
 
Chapter Note 190
 
Eight Audience 193
 
A Captive Audience 195
 
A Good Classroom Is Supportive of New Ideas 197
 
In Defense of Incentives 199
 
Notes on Artmaking: Incentives Are Not the Reward 208
 
Chapter Notes 210
 
Nine The Art of Culturally Responsive Assessments 211
 
A Culture of Responsive Assessments 213
 
Why Are Performative Assessments More Equitable Than Traditional "Standardized" Assessments? 215
 
Measure It Performatively 221
 
Notes on Artmaking: "They Weren't Taking Cues Off of Me." 228
 
Afterword 231
 
Brilliance 232
 
Brilliant Teaching is Philosophizing 234
 
References 237
 
Index 255

About the author

Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge is an educational consultant specializing in equity-focused school improvement. He works with districts around the country to identify root causes of achievement gaps and formulate pedagogy and policy-based efforts to redress the underperformance of vulnerable student populations. Dr. Stembridge holds a PhD in Educational Leadership from the School of Education, Teaching, and Health at American University, a Master of Arts degree in Literature from Old Dominion University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Norfolk State University.

Summary

Think like an artist and design a classroom that works--well--for everyone

In Brilliant Teaching, you will come to understand that equity--when we view it from an informed, multi-layered, and artistic perspective--is the essential purpose of teaching. As education thought leader Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge argues, true equity does not need to defend or justify itself against detractors. Teaching for equity means creating student-centered opportunities that match the social, political, and economic context of the learning environment. Informed by both theory and extensive collaboration with K-12 teachers, Brilliant Teaching will help you develop a deep understanding of culture, one that you can leverage in order to be responsive to students.

This book draws from a range of disciplines, including but going well beyond the post-modern and critical-theory-based discourse that dominate conversations today. Brilliant Teaching also pulls from art theory, cultural psychology, cognitive science, and learning theory, as well as classic historical texts within education. With this broad foundation, Dr. Stembridge offers an empowering, engaging approach that educators can use to help learners reach their own goals, and to move society onward and upward.
* Discover practices that you can use to provide vulnerable students with high quality, effective, and meaningful learning opportunities
* Learn to empathize with and respond to your students in a way that will engage and empower them in rigorous learning experiences
* Embrace artful thinking and an integrated understanding of culture in your approach to equity in the classroom
* View the K-12 classroom with a more expansive mindset and fresh ideas from an expert educator

For K-12 educators, preservice teachers, parents, school board members, and policymakers, this book is a breath of fresh air and inspiration in a world where culturally responsive teaching is increasingly recognized as a must.

Product details

• Authors: Stembridge, Adeyemi Stembridge
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781119901129
• ISBN: 978-1-119-90112-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Psychologie, Lehren, Psychology, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Kulturelle u. ethnische Vielfalt, Diversity, Culture & Ethnicity, Educational strategies and policy