Social justice inside the classroom is very important topic
and way to conduct yourself as a teacher inside the classroom. However, the
definition of social justice can be defined as a justice in terms of the
distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. Yet, an
article that I found to be helpful and full of wonderful examples ranging from different
ideas and scenarios that a teacher may face during the classroom. The article
is called, “Creating Classrooms for
Equity and Social Justice,” which one of the ideas that I thought was important
was “Grounded in the lives of our students,” giving the idea to teachers that
everything starts from the respect for our children and students. Those
respects contain their innate curiosity and the capacity they can learn at (1).
However, it should be the curriculum that must be rooted into their students
needs and experiences. That can range from the teachings of science, math, and English,
or even social studies/history. But also, the idea to think “Critical,” is huge,
because it allows you as the teacher to think about certain questions such as, “Who
makes decisions and who is left out? Who benefits and who suffers? Why is a
given practice fair or unfair? What are its origins? What alternatives can we
imagines? What is required to create change?” (1). These questions are very important
to ask to yourself and to think about. Yet, the idea on “Multicultural, anti-racist,
pro-justice,” is another important topic that the article talks about. I really
enjoyed the thought they brought up about the myth about how textbooks often
value the “Great White Men,” over other minorities. Which I don’t necessarily agree
with because a lot of text talk about the brotherhood of American and becoming one
as a nation. But the idea they bring up about Native Americans with history is
very true, but that was the past and its never good for history to repeat
itself. In which, social justice is important to have inside the classroom as
it allows students to feel safe, and as a teachers it is our responsible to
create a safe environment.
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