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. #2: Learning is Embedded in Culture and Relationships Our brains physically change in response to our social and cultural context. Research shows that simply living in different cultures creates measurable differences in brain activity and structure. Our classrooms and families are also forms of culture. Gotlieb, R.
The challenge, then, for PD is to use these levers to secure engagement (note: this is not about some rather sinister form of psychological manipulation to ‘trick’ people into engaging or getting buy-in; it’s about finding ways to explicitly show that people’s perceived individual needs are actually in alignment with whole-school goals).
But for Fiske, of Mysa, the popularity of alternatives to public school actually raises a concern: She fears that her approach to microschooling could be eclipsed by politics and cultural war clashes. While popular in some conservative circles, classical learning isn’t traditionally a byword for culture war politics.
By recruiting and then mentoring new teachers of color, listening to these teachers’ requests, supporting the development of culturally responsive curricula and promoting educators of color into administrative and district leadership positions, Phoenix Union is getting steadily closer to aligning its teacher and student populations.
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Current class topics include Sociological Theory, Sociology of Human Sexuality, Social Psychology and Sociology Through Film. Research interests include social movements, social justice and cultural genocide. Professor Lindbloom completed her M.A. in sociology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Read about the funded projects.
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2015; Zoll, Feinberg, & Saylor, 2023). Changing models across cultures: Associations of phonological awareness and morphological structure awareness with vocabulary and word recognition in second graders from Beijing, Hong Kong, Korea, and the United States. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 92(2), 140-160.
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