f1 mining diversity 8.2.09
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Mining Diversity…Mining Diversity…
De[Constructing]DiversitDe[Constructing]Diversit
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[Constructing]Diversity[Constructing]Diversity
Re[Constructing]DiversityRe[Constructing]Diversity
Who Gets To..Who Gets To..
Define Diversity?
Silence Silence Diversity?Diversity?
“We don’t really see
through our eyes…
“…or hear
through our ears…”
“…but through our beliefs.”
To put our beliefs on hold is to cease to exist as ourselves for a moment…
…and that isn’t easy.” L.Delpit ‘06
The Fabric of Our Beliefs…
Whose Beliefs?
Diversity of Thinking StyleDiversity of Thinking StyleDiversity of Learning ProfileDiversity of Learning ProfileDiversity of Cultural Ways of KnowingDiversity of Cultural Ways of Knowing
Diversity of LanguageDiversity of LanguageDiversity of DialectDiversity of DialectDiversity of LiteracyDiversity of Literacy
Cultural Ways of Knowing
Learning Profile
Thinking Style
Literacy
Language / Dialect
Whose Cultural Traditions?Whose Cultural Traditions?
Whose Language?Whose Language?
Whose Language?Whose Language?
Whose Dialect?Whose Dialect?
Development of L1 = Development of L1 = Cognitive DevelopmentCognitive Development
Unleashing the Power of BiliteracyUnleashing the Power of Biliteracy
L1 +
L2
Aca
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L1 + L2Cognitive Development
L1 + L2
Language Developm
ent
Social&
CulturalProcesses
Principle of TransferPrinciple of Transfer
What Does What Does LinguisticLinguistic Transfer Look Transfer Look Like?Like?
Principle of TransferPrinciple of Transfer
What Does What Does LiteracyLiteracy Transfer Look Transfer Look Like?Like?
English Language Proficiency
Cognitive Ability=
Cognitive Cognitive Style:Style:
What’s Yours?
Cognitive Cognitive Style:Style:
What’s Thiers?
Learning Can Learning Can Only be Only be Facilitated…Facilitated…
Cultural Ways of Knowing About Our World
Cultural Ways of Knowing About Our World
Stay Engaged
Speak Your Truth
Experience Discomfort
Expect and Accept Non- Closure
FourAgreements
Singleton & Linton ‘06
How can we engage those who won’t talk?
Courageous ConversationCourageous Conversation
How will we sustain the conversation when it gets uncomfortable or diverted?
Courageous ConversationCourageous Conversation
How will we deepen the conversation to the point where authentic understanding and meaningful actions occur?
~ Singleton & Linton ‘06
Courageous ConversationCourageous Conversation
… to achieve competence, excellence, independence, responsibility, and self-sufficiency for school and for life.
B. Scott ‘01
Systemic Equity is defined as the transformed ways …
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous STRUGGLE.