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by Adeyemi Stembridge (Author)
Think like an artist and design a classroom that works--well--for everyone
In Brilliant Teaching, you will come to understand that equity--when we view it from an informed, multi-layered, and artistic perspective--is the essential purpose of teaching. As education thought leader Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge argues, true equity does not need to defend or justify itself against detractors. Teaching for equity means creating student-centered opportunities that match the social, political, and economic context of the learning environment. Informed by both theory and extensive collaboration with K-12 teachers, Brilliant Teaching will help you develop a deep understanding of culture, one that you can leverage in order to be responsive to students.
This book draws from a range of disciplines, including but going well beyond the post-modern and critical-theory-based discourse that dominate conversations today. Brilliant Teaching also pulls from art theory, cultural psychology, cognitive science, and learning theory, as well as classic historical texts within education. With this broad foundation, Dr. Stembridge offers an empowering, engaging approach that educators can use to help learners reach their own goals, and to move society onward and upward.
- Discover practices that you can use to provide vulnerable students with high quality, effective, and meaningful learning opportunities
- Learn to empathize with and respond to your students in a way that will engage and empower them in rigorous learning experiences
- Embrace artful thinking and an integrated understanding of culture in your approach to equity in the classroom
- View the K-12 classroom with a more expansive mindset and fresh ideas from an expert educator
For K-12 educators, preservice teachers, parents, school board members, and policymakers, this book is a breath of fresh air and inspiration in a world where culturally responsive teaching is increasingly recognized as a must.
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Think like an artist and design a classroom that works for everyone
"'Teaching is an artmaking endeavor, ' Yemi Stembridge writes, one that requires flexibility and creativity. But its purpose is equity, 'the extent to which students are effectively prepared for social and economic opportunities beyond school.' It's a brilliant framing of the task of the teacher, and one that Stembridge reminds us requires us to see each child as 'irreducibly' individual. This meditation on how we can create the bridge between artistry and equity by careful attention to our learners as individuals is worth every teacher's time.
--Doug Lemov, Bestselling Author of Teach Like a Champion 3.0
Brilliant Teaching demonstrates the creation of student-centered opportunities that match the social, political, and economic context of your learning environment by employing an informed, multi-layered, and artistic perspective.
Drawing on a variety of disciplines--and going beyond the post-modern and critical-theory-based discourses that dominate most contemporary academic conversations--author Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge combines insights from art theory, cultural psychology, cognitive science, and learning theory to offer an empowering and engaging approach you can use to help your students reach their own goals and move society onward and upward.
Learning to view the K-12 classroom with a more expansive mindset requires fresh ideas and artful thinking. Brilliant Teaching provides educators with those things and more.
