Social Justice in the Classroom
Social justice is an important topic among educators. It is the act of creating positive change. We can all do this, whether it's in our classrooms or in daily activities. As educators, we need to think of how we can implement this in our classroom and teach this concept to our students.
First of all, teachers should not look at implenting social justice as an add on to their lessons. Our lessons show be focused around social justice. This could be as simple as connecting the lesson to the everyday lives of our students. We should be thinking about this connection for our lessons to begin with. When I think back on when I was a student, I didn't stay engaged with an assignment or lesson unless I knew how it related to my life. Even now, I hear students walking down the halls asking each other when they're ever going to use certain parts of lessons.
Secondly, if students know they can make a positive change, they will be more likely to act. Back in high school we had to do community service projects to graduate. Many classmates complained about how boring or time consuming it was. I always enjoyed doing the community service, but I saw the positive effects it had on those I helped. But, our teachers never mentioned why it was important to us to participate in community service. Many families got the help they needed to get back up on their feet and some of the people in nursing homes had a little bit of joy brought back into their lives.
Lastly, social justice is important to our classrooms for many reasons. It helps bring students together. Students learn they have a voice and can change what is going on in the world around them, they can stop negative things happening in the school. Students also get to connect better with what they are learning. The better they connect to the lessons, the more they will comprehend and they will lead themselves to a higher level of thinking.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/creating-classrooms-for-social-justice-tabitha-dellangelo
First of all, teachers should not look at implenting social justice as an add on to their lessons. Our lessons show be focused around social justice. This could be as simple as connecting the lesson to the everyday lives of our students. We should be thinking about this connection for our lessons to begin with. When I think back on when I was a student, I didn't stay engaged with an assignment or lesson unless I knew how it related to my life. Even now, I hear students walking down the halls asking each other when they're ever going to use certain parts of lessons.
Secondly, if students know they can make a positive change, they will be more likely to act. Back in high school we had to do community service projects to graduate. Many classmates complained about how boring or time consuming it was. I always enjoyed doing the community service, but I saw the positive effects it had on those I helped. But, our teachers never mentioned why it was important to us to participate in community service. Many families got the help they needed to get back up on their feet and some of the people in nursing homes had a little bit of joy brought back into their lives.
Lastly, social justice is important to our classrooms for many reasons. It helps bring students together. Students learn they have a voice and can change what is going on in the world around them, they can stop negative things happening in the school. Students also get to connect better with what they are learning. The better they connect to the lessons, the more they will comprehend and they will lead themselves to a higher level of thinking.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/creating-classrooms-for-social-justice-tabitha-dellangelo
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