Ana Bright's Online Forum Discussion: Recent Episodes
Ana Bright
Reference pg. 111 Neido & Bode.
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pg. 65 Neido & Bode textbook reference within podcast
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Today I will be talking about how school policies and practices currently discriminate against particular groups of children. To first understand how discrimination is still being practiced, we must first understand what exactly discrimination is and how to identify different forms of it. I want to focus on institutional discrimination; which generally refers to how people are excluded or deprived of educational opportunities based on unintentional and intentional decision making, a couple of driving forces behind it could be related to racism or classism. Although it is 2019, discrimination is still very present in school practices and policies. Some examples of this would include: how certain schools in lower income communities are associated with “inferior”, and results in the idea that the students who attend the schools might also be, which is a complete biased opinion. In poorer communities fewer resources are offered to support the students and this has a major impact on the quality of education that they are able to receive. The curriculum is unequal and there are fewer opportunities available to the students in lower income communities such as higher- level courses that better equip them for post-secondary education, and as a result student who are deemed as minorities are often underrepresented in gifted & talented programs even if they are just as equally gifted as a student attending a wealthier school. Rigid ability tracking can also be another way that schools practice discrimination, it essentially is the practice of grouping students based on how students perform being; above average, average, or below average. “Schools and businesses operate from middle-class norms and use the hidden rules of the middle class. These norms and hidden rules are never directly taught in schools or in businesses.”
This podcast focuses on explaining what exactly online discussion forums are, how they can be used, and how they are effective with both students and teachers. This topic discussion was based on Chapter 11 in the textbook. For more information on this topic feel free to access the ebook. Please use the link provided. Thank you :)
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