Arne Duncan, wrote an article following Black History month, where he spoke about a panel which had been set up to talk about diferrent ideas relating to black history. One of the areas they touched on was that of eduction, it’s importance, and the role that diversity might play in making more succesful classrooms. “Nearly 35% of our students in this country are Black or Hispanic, but less than 2% of our nation’s teachers are Black or Hispanic men.” (Duncan). These were statistics given, to urge young men of these ethnic groups to think about jobs as teachers, as their future careers. The meeting that was held was in the Morehouse college, which is an institution that has been dedicated to the furthering education of black men. He uses another quote from an alumnus of this institution, “We can all be great, because we can all serve.” (Martin Luther King Jr.) Again calling these young men to “serve” by being positive role models in the furthering eduction of our younger generation.
This is an interesting concept that I am excited to have stumbled upon. Diversity in our society is one of the things that I feel make this country great, and if our students have the wide diversity of religious, economical, and ethnic backgrounds, then our teachers should absolutely be a testament to that diversity as well. He extends an invitation to everyone to heed the words of Martin Luther King Jr. and serve, this is very relevant to our mission as we go out and begin our service learning projects. In keeping with an open mind, I would like to apply this process of thinking into the efforts that I give toward our projects, and how can diversity help with our attempt to make learning more effective? Is there anything that we can do to help those of different ethnic backgrounds excel to be able to fill these roles?
Michael, good job on the extended bib., your ideas here are great!
ReplyDeleteI would like to say though that there are a few points I believe you could sharpen up for the next one. The structure here doesn't look to include everything, such as the mla citation of the article. I also think you could have taken this even further than what you did here. My impression is that the article gave much for analysis, and in turn, much for your own reflection. I would have liked to see more of these two, but that's just my personal opinion.
Other than the couple points I touched on above, I really enjoyed reading this bibliography. Every point made has some strong ground to stand on. I also like all of the ideas you instilled here, and I too believe that diversity makes plays a huge role in the learning process. With respect to this idea, it will help us a lot further on down the road in our relations with the ANSER group.
Great job here man!