MDSD11H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Teacher Education, Anti-Racism
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According to rusch and horsford"s article, learning that transforms can be defined as the process of examining, questioning, validating, and revising one"s perspectives; this alters their beliefs from constraining and dysfunctional to positivity and freedom. It could look like the modification of a personal paradigm, rejecting a habit of the mind, and reordering assumptions. I can relate this to the issues mentioned in ladson-billing"s article. Educators resort to blaming students" low self-esteem for their failure, as opposed to external factors that also affect achievement. Learning that transforms allows them to consider that individual, family, community, school, and societal factors also have a role in students" failure. The second example of learning that transforms is to move away from using culture as the answer to every problem, especially for students who are non-white, do not speak. English, nor are native-born or citizens of the country.
