Friday, October 9, 2009
Action Research Wonderings
When I first arrived at my PDS they began reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel. This is a non-fiction book about the horrific events of the holocaust through the eyes of a young man. While observing the students I saw that they seemed to be interested in the content, however, I could tell that they probably have not been exposed to much diversity. For example, there is one African-American student in the class and a few of the students were suggesting things for him to do because he is a minority. They said things like, "Dude, if I was black and a teacher yelled at me I would always say 'It's because I'm black isn't it'". Although certain phrases like this are common, it really bothered me to think that even now, when we have an African American president students still are not taught equity and tolerance of others of different races, ethnicities, cultures, and backgrounds. So for my action research question I asked, "How does providing examples of literary work of diverse authors help students learn tolerance to promote equity and social justice?
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I think this a great wondering. Unfortunately these is still a lack of education about the different diversities and backgrounds of the students currently enrolled in schools. I think its an excellent idea to promote authors and stories about people from different backgrounds and cultures to allow students learn about people they don't encounter in their everyday lives. The earlier kids can be exposed to diversity in school, the earlier they will be able to be more knowledgable and tolerant of other people and their backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteI think this is an excellent topic to explore within the classroom. Coming from a background where the schools do not have much diversity, I will be interested to see information you find. I also think it will be interesting to see how much the different literary works influence the opinion of the students. As a future English teacher, I would also like to know the benefits of incorporating a variety of diverse authors in the curriculum will impact the students. I think you have a great research topic!!
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