From remedial to gifted: Effects of culturally centered pedagogy

Urban educators’ perceptions of culturally relevant pedagogy and school reform mandates

“…Thus, we were interested in investigating urban educators' commitment to the fundamental principles of culturally relevant pedagogy and curriculum as they learn to negotiate reform models that may seemingly afford them little room for culturally relevant pedagogical practices. There is an abundance of literature that suggests that the implementation of culturally relevant pedagogy is beneficial for ethnically and culturally diverse populations (Gay 2002;LadsonBillings 1995a, b;Sheets 1995). According to Gay (2002), culturally relevant pedagogy or culturally responsive pedagogy allows teachers of ethnically diverse populations to incorporate the values, experiences, and perspectives of their students' cultures into the curriculum.…”

Transfer of Instructional Practices from Freedom Schools to the Classroom

“…Teachers who embrace culturally relevant pedagogical practices understand the importance of modeling, scaffolding, and clarifying challenging curriculum (Brown, 2003;Conrad, Gong, Sipp, & Wright, 2002;Gutierrez, 2000;Hollie, 2001;Jimenez, 1997;Jimenez & Gertsen, 1999;Lee, 1995;Sheets, 1995;Stuart & Volk, 2002). These teachers understand the difficulties of the curriculum and mold it to fit the needs of their students.…”

“…This was done by presenting students information on the lowest level possible to build their background knowledge and strengths before moving on to more challenging material (Brenner, 1998;Brown, 2003;Powell, 1997;Sheets, 1995). This method gave students a basic starting point while giving them small victories throughout the learning process.…”

Lessons in “Letting Go”: Exploring Constraints on the Culturally Relevant Teaching of Mathematics in Bermuda

“…As a source of wisdom-of-practice, CRP has been used to address equity aims in a variety of communities that include the following: Maori (Airini, 1998), Mexican American (Gutstein, Lipman, Hernandez, & de los Reyes, 1997;Sheets, 1995), African American (Beauboeuf, 1999;Lipman, 1995;Tate, 1995), African Canadian (Ladson-Billings, 1992), West African (Maiga, 1995), and New Zealand (Kordalewski, 1999).…”