EDUCATION

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[|EDUCATION] ="Literacy Practices for African-American Male Adolescents"= You'll be able to read an amazing study about African-American males ."The author describes how current school literacy practices and policies are overly generic and miss the mark. Placing student-centered learning in the context of race and gender, this paper reviews literature on factors that impede reading achievement, provides a socio-historical perspective for advancing African-American male literacy, proposes a framework of literacy instruction, and discusses implications for research, policy, and practice."  [|EDUCATION] =Latino/a and Black Students and Mathematics= Using new perspectives on mathematics as a cultural and social activity and new research on learning outside the school, the authors ask readers to rethink the problem of mathematical achievement for all students, and for Latino/a and black students in particular. The paper argues that doing so will help those students connect how they learn in the classroom to their lives outside of school, and help reduce the “achievement gaps” that exist in our current educational system.
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"Η Jigsaw ως στρατηγική διδασκαλίας επινοήθηκε αποσκοπώντας στη μείωση των συγκρούσεων μεταξύ των εκπαιδευομένων στο περιβάλλον μάθησης και την εξαγωγή θετικών μαθησιακών αποτελεσμάτων. Γενικός σκοπός λοιπόν της Jigsaw είναι η διαμόρφωση συνεργατικού κλίματος μεταξύ των εκπαιδευομένων και η ανάπτυξη δεξιοτήτων μάθησης μέσα από συνεργατικές διαδικασίες. Επιπρόσθετα, με τη χρήση της εν λόγω στρατηγικής επιδιώκεται η απόκτηση εις βάθος γνώσης μιας πτυχής μιας έννοιας, ενός θέματος ή μιας ενότητας, κάτι που είναι ιδιαίτερα δύσκολο έως αδύνατο να επιτευχθεί σε περιπτώσεις όπου οι μαθητές επιχειρούν να μάθουν και να αφομοιώσουν όλο το υλικό ο καθένας μόνος του, εργαζόμενος ατομικά.

Ιστορία της Jigsaw
"Οι ρίζες της Jigsaw ως διδακτικής στρατηγικής τοποθετούνται στο 1971, στην περιοχή Αustin του Texas των Η.Π.Α. όπου και χρησιμοποιήθηκε για πρώτη φορά στην εκπαιδευτική πράξη από τον **Elliot Aronson.** Ο Elliot Aronson, ο οποίος ήταν τότε καθηγητής στο πανεπιστήμιο του Texas, σε συνεργασία με τους φοιτητές του, επινόησε τη συγκεκριμένη στρατηγική διδασκαλίας **προκειμένου να αμβλύνει την εκρηκτική ατμόσφαιρα που είχε διαμορφωθεί λόγω της αναμόρφωσης των σχολείων της πόλης με στόχο την άρση των φυλετικών διαχωρισμών.** Εξαιτίας της εν λόγω αναμόρφωσης Αφροαμερικανοί, Καυκασιανοί και Λατινοαμερικάνοι μαθητές είχαν τοποθετηθεί στην ίδια σχολική τάξη για πρώτη φορά. Σε σύντομο χρονικό διάστημα ξέσπασαν ταραχές και διαμορφώθηκε εχθρικό κλίμα διαποτισμένο με καχυποψία και φόβο μεταξύ των διαφορετικών φυλετικών ομάδων που συνυπήρχαν στην ίδια αίθουσα" (Aronson, 2008)[|[1]]."

===="I made this simple video with the thoughts of children themselves from the school where I teach. In the video are their feelings for their country, the experience of the Crisis they have, their fears, their ideas and their hopes. They may be are "small" but " the crisis" has reached deep into their souls. I gave the idea, the children talked. We Listen."==== media type="youtube" key="aHkW2m8psFU" height="315" width="420"
 * ===It was created by the Arts Teacher of a primary school, in Ilion, Greece. The comment has been made by the teacher herself and has been posted in Youtube.===
 * ===A powerful example for Reciprocal teaching strategy in a multi-cultural classroom.===

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 * ===Another example of reciprocal teaching, which is based on 4 concrete stages: Predicting, clarifying, questioning, summarizing. In this section, students are called on to summarize on a text, while reflecting on it and gaining deeper understanding of its content. It is all taking place in a collaborative, enhancing environment.===

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 * === Creating a Utopian country while working collaboratively and creatively on a task-based activity. A deeply democratic, motivational approach to learning, taking place in an ESL classroom for host immigrants.===

[] ===Summary for The Ernest Green Story:In September 1957, Ernest Green and eight other black student integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. As the only senior, he withstood harassment from students and teachers for the furtherance of civil rights.===
 * === FILM: The Ernest Green Story ===

GRADE LEVEL: Grades 6-12
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 * ===The inspiring story of Jacinta, a Mexican of Mayan origin who managed to study and have a decent, caring life despite racial and gender discriminations as well as adversities associated with her family's socio-economic background.===
 * ===The inspiring story of Jacinta, a Mexican of Mayan origin who managed to study and have a decent, caring life despite racial and gender discriminations as well as adversities associated with her family's socio-economic background.===