Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h352N3U06419; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 21:23:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 21:23:03 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <001e01c2fb1a$1b750310$d022f5d1@barbrahxohdft9> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barbara Salice" <saliceb@prodigy.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:113] Re: "isms" and professional development X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1216 Lines: 35 Jackie, you ask some very thought provoking questions. I suspect the answers revolve around just how "open" teachers, administrators, et al. are interested in having their preconceived conventions challenged Barbara Salice ----- Original Message ----- From: "jataylor" <jataylor@utk.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 3:58 PM Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:112] "isms" and professional development > Hello everyone, > I wanted to leave us with some questions for discussion and reflection over > the weekend, in order to guide us into thinking about how these issues relate > to staff development: > > 1) How can we provide educational experiences for teachers, so that we inspire > new teaching strategies in the classroom that take into consideration a more > equal representation of the diversity among learners? > > 2) What can we do to teach teachers about the differences in class/poverty and > other isms issues so that historically and culturally-rooted biases aren't > perpetuated in the classrooms? > > 3) How do we, as staff developers, model those ways of teaching and learning > in the educational experiences we provide for teachers? > > Jackie
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