Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Twenty-Plus Years Later: How an Arts Approach to Teaching and Learning Can Keep the Dream Alive

Autor/inn/en	McCarther, Shirley Marie; Davis, Donna M.
Titel	Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Twenty-Plus Years Later: How an Arts Approach to Teaching and Learning Can Keep the Dream Alive
Quelle	In: American Educational History Journal, 44 (2017) 2, S.103-113 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1535-0584
Schlagwörter	Culturally Relevant Education; Urban Schools; Teaching Methods; Educational Experience; Social Justice; Art Education; Educational Theories; Interdisciplinary Approach; Program Descriptions; Aesthetics; Student Attitudes; Missouri (Kansas City) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungserfahrung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ästhetik; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Gloria Ladson-Billings' (1995) ground-breaking work around the theory of culturally relevant pedagogy has shaped the discourse in schools and education programs for over twenty years. Her belief that schools should be places where students and teachers come together to have meaningful educational experiences has provided a foundation for developing socially just environments that honor student culture. However, in recent years, Ladson-Billings and others have reexamined the tenets of culturally relevant pedagogy in an effort to bring these important ideas into the 21st Century as a result of an ever-changing student population and the definition of "culture" shifting and expanding every day (Ladson-Billings, 2014). With the evolution and revisiting of this theory by scholars, the authors believe it is time to take a look at the culturally relevant pedagogy movement and how it has transformed over these past two decades. The authors also seek to understand how this evolving theory can enhance the experiences of students in urban schools, and how an arts approach may provide one important means to do so. This paper examines culturally relevant pedagogy from three fronts: First, they revisit the ideas surrounding the theory and discuss the rationale behind its inception and its evolution. Then, they provide an example of how the theory shaped an arts integration model that empowers students to become socially conscious. Finally, they illustrate how this evolving theory--as implemented through an artistic approach--provided the foundation for an innovative project designed to uplift, honor, and sustain student voice. (ERIC).
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Update	2020/1/01