This text provides an analytical structure for acquiring, understanding, and integrating multicultural content into the teaching and learning process. Teacher candidates in this course acquire the ethnographic investigation skills to understand how diverse learners’ culture, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, gender, sexuality, language, religion, and exceptionality shape said educational processes. A Social Reconstructionist approach is infused throughout this course in an effort to transform teaching for equity and social justice.
This digital text is intentionally written in first person with the goal of demonstrating that I am on this culturally reflective journey with you, the reader, to transform our teaching and learning environments.
Dr. Nicholas Wysocki is an Associate Professor in the Education Studies Department at Winona State University. He holds a Ph. D in the Social Foundations of Education from The University of Iowa and has worked in higher education for over 20 years. Previously, he spent seven years working as a Speech Communication teacher for both Advancement Placement high school and community college students in Iowa. Dr. Wysocki's current work entails teaching and advising teacher candidates seeking a Minnesota teaching license. Students in his courses learn how historical, psychological, sociological, and philosophical forces, both past and present, impact teaching and learning.
Chapter 1: Culture and Teaching
Chapter 2: Important Societal Factors
Chapter 3: Race and Education
Chapter 4: Low Income, Poverty, and Education
Chapter 5: Gender and Education
Chapter 6: Engaging in Ethnographic Analysis