We welcome back Dr. Anthony Johnston to speak about his new book, “Introduction to Secondary Teaching: Blending Wisdom, Research, and Social Justice.” Dr. Johnston explores teacher wisdom of practice, social justice pedagogy, evidence-based practices, and adolescent brain research. He identifies the foundation of all classroom teaching as teacher identity, teacher presence, teacher passion, and teacher stance.
Overview
00:00-00:44 Intros
0044-06:18 Why the subtitle
06:18-12:26 TIPPS
12:26-15:21 Positive developments in traditional schools
15:21-18:00 Teaching with social justice and teaching for social justice
18:00-19:10 How teachers make sure they are not penalizing students for views they find offensive
19:10-22:28 Ensuring students aren’t afraid to disagree with their teacher
22:28-24:37 Given differences in students’ cultural capital, how to grade?
24:37-27:32 Issues with grading considering college admissions; an “E” for Effort?
27:32-33:09 Robert Fried: If final exams were given a year after the course
33:09- Outro
Transcription
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References
- Book Introductory to Secondary Teaching: Blending Wisdom, Research, and Social Justice by Dr. Anthony Johnston
- Listen to our 1st interview with Dr. Johnston “Text guided literacy: Literature as experience in English class”
- Listen to our 2nd interview with Dr. Johnston The “Name Game”: racialization in a suburban high school
Soundtrack by Poddington Bear