The Educational Triage Podcast
Education
What is Equity and How do we teach it?
Definition: Equity means offering individualized support, to students, that addresses possible barriers, like poverty or limited transportation, other cultural precepts that might affect the learning outcomes, etc.
How do we prepare for and teach equity?
Teachers understand the concept of Equity, but they aren’t really sure how to begin. Many are mired in the concept that Equity has to do with feelings, others believe it has to do with race, some with poverty, and others with other possible barriers. Which is it? Perhaps they are correct - but then again they’re wrong.
Any student with any barrier that causes any struggle to learn is the target of any teaching by equity.
Huh?
Let’s haul our minds back a couple of decades to Gardiner’s Multiple Intelligences. In his work, Gardner displayed information in helping meet the needs for 8 different intelligence types. We would later understand there were far more types of intelligences! Spencer Kagan help workshops, had books, activities, on meeting the needs for many of these students, which paved the way for us to adapt, adopt, and continuing working to help students access the materials and understand the concepts we taught - in their time and in their manner.
Today we have UDL, or Universal Design for Learning. Taking much from Gardner, this, too, begins to weave a tapestry of rich understanding through the complex needs of today’s students. There are many books, videos, and other media that help teachers understand.
But - with the current rash of demands on teachers, this can not only be overwhelming, but anxiety provoking in just thought. Let’s break things down into a simple, yet doable methodology:
Books on Multiple Intelligences, Cooperative Learning, and Universal Design for Learning:
Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practise Gardner
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom. 4th Ed. Armstrong
Multiple Intelligences: the Complete MI Book Kagan
Equity by Design: Delivering on the Power and Promise of UDL Chardin Novak.
What Really Works? With Universal Design for Learning Murawski & Scott
Universal Design for Learning: theory and practice Meyer, Rose, Gordon.
Universal Design for Learning in the Classroom: practical applications. Hall, Meyer, Rose.
Universal Design in Action: 100 ways to teach all learners Rapp
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