Social Justice in Education

The topic I chose was culturally sensitive. It is very important for a teacher to watch his or her boundaries when teaching in a classroom. There are many things that they need to watch their opinion on especially, politics, religion, and culture. Culture is something that many people are very controversial about and tend to have a lot of pride in. I think it is very important for teachers to take time out for them to learn more about a student’s culture. Learning about culture is not only helpful for the teacher and student’s relationship, but the peer to peer relationship as well because they are learning about another culture hands on, instead of just reading about it. As the article says, critical teaching is admitting that we do not know it all. I liked this quote and to be able to think critically, you need to be open to learning new ideas. “Critical teaching requires vision, support, and resources, not magic. We hope the stories, critiques, and lesson ideas here will offer useful examples which can be adapted in classrooms of all levels and disciplines and in diverse social milieus.” In order to teach a child from another culture, it is very important to ask help from parents and other colleagues. Learning about different cultures is very important for a teacher, and all successful teachers should be culturally sensitive.