What you have learned about transformative education-Content Review
Directions:
Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2-3 paragraphs in length.
Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.
1. On page 8 of the book excerpt “Perceiving and Responding to Differences,” Gonzalez-Mena asks the following question: Why is transformative education a better approach than simple parent education in the face of cultural differences?” Consider what you have learned about transformative education from this reading and then respond to the author’s question considering not only parent education but your own education as well.
2. The author of your text, Patricia Ramsey, calls on adults to develop a “critical consciousness” (Ramsey, 2004, p. 19). In your own words, explain what this means and why it is important?
3. In your text, Dr. Ramsey states, “People working with or studying children need to expand their definition of developmental competencies…” (Ramsey, 2004, p. 28). In your own words, summarize what Ramsey means by this statement including why researchers and educators are being urged to “view children’s development within the larger context of social stratification.”
Required Resources
Course Text: Ramsey, P. (2004). Teaching and learning in a diverse world: Multicultural education for young children (3rd ed.). New York: Teachers College Press
Chapter 2, “We are all Learning” (pp. 16-33, up to “Guidelines for Challenging Children’s Assumptions and Expanding their Perspectives”)
Part II: “Contexts of Learning” (pp. 67-68)
Special instruction: On page 68, the author states, “Before turning to the next five chapters, ask yourself, ‘Who am I?’ and write down the answers as quickly as possible.” Do this activity now. The list you create will be incorporated as part of your Reflective Journal Assignment at the end of this week.
