Abstract
Care is in the eyes of the receiver; it doesn't exist unless those being cared for experience it. The authors describe culturally relevant critical teacher care, an approach that considers the effects of students' cultural and socioeconomic conditions and that helps teachers find ways to show care to every learner—especially those from oppressed groups. Bondy and Hambacher describe three principles of this care for students (having political clarity, embodying critical hope, and sticking to asset-based thinking). They describe four helpful practices that they observed in a long-term study of two effective 5th grade teachers. These teachers embodied a culturally relevant approach to supporting students: expanding the meaning of achievement; overhauling deficit thinking; offering high expectations and support; and teaching with urgency.
Department
Education
Publication Date
9-1-2016
Journal Title
Educational Leadership
Publisher
ASCD
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Bondy, E. & Hambacher, E. (2016). Let care shine through. Educational Leadership, 74(1), 50-54.
Comments
This is an Author’s Original Manuscript of an article published by ASCD in Educational Leadership on 09 Sep 2016, available online: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept16/vol74/num01/Let-Care-Shine-Through.aspx.