Issues and Theories

Chapter 19- This chapter discusses resilience, specifically focusing on women and the labels put on them. It talked  about how they can become resilient and overcome those labels, such as  bad girls.  I enjoyed this quote from the chapter and felt useful for my future teaching: "Feminist theory has also helped me to admit that facilitating even a small change (or so-called liberation) in the thinking and awareness of my female students may be unattainable unless I can make it clear that  I am not here to judge, rescue, or "fix" them , all-the-while exposing my own biases and vulnerabilities. I had to build my teaching upon a sympathetic understanding of the girls' lived realities." Sharing personal stories with your students make you seem more human and can help them see that you struggle with things as well and ca be a resource for them if they need it. It also can work to show you aren't judgmental and can be a listener. From the resilience traini...

I believe some of the major concerns with the project were excluding other culture group in the community, appropriating the Native American totem-pole "style" in the artwork, not allowing much student voice, and in fear in lack of knowledge excluding valuable multicultural discussion and lesson. The author wasn't sure about participating in the project because she felt like she didn't know enough about the different cultures, but didn't take the extra step to research and learn the facts. Her only prior experience was cultural appropriation of Native Americans with headdresses and brown paper bags. She wasn't sure what direction to take with it. Personally, I sometimes have this same worry because of lack of knowledge or experience with some cultural groups. If I don't have much prior knowledge about a culture's heritage or history, I might avoid the topic because I don't want to be offensive or give false information. I think after reading thi...