Praxis

In this section practitioners share glimpses into Ethnic Studies practices in K-12 classrooms highlighting their situated context as well as cautioning us against hasty implementation and quick fixes.

 

• • Sean Arce,
    “Ethnic Studies Approaches & Curriculum Unit Narrative.”
  • Kyndall Brown,
    Executive Director of the California Mathematics Project, discusses ethnic studies approaches to teaching mathematics.
    Books that Dr. Brown mentions in his video:
    1. Math and Science Across Cultures: Activities and Investigations from the Exploratorium (2003) by Maurice Bazin and Modesto Tamez.
    2. The Multicultural Math Classroom: Bringing in the World (1995) by Claudia Zaslavsky.
    3. Multiculturalism in Mathematics, Science, and Technology (1993) by Thom Alcoze and Miriam Barrios-Chacon.

     

  • Young Whan Choi, Elizabeth Humphries and Marisa Villegas,
    “A Community of Praxis: Ethnic Studies Development in Oakland Unified School District”
  • Roxanna Dueñas, Eduardo Lopez, and Jorge Lopez,
    “Resistance, Resilience and Re-Imagination in the Ethnic Studies Classroom: A Reflection on Roosevelt High School’s Critical Ethnic Studies Course.”
  • Jose Paolo Magcalas,
    “Ethnic Studies and Youth Participatory Civic Action Research in Anaheim, California.”

 

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