It is quite possible to be relevant to something or responsive to it without ensuring its continuing presence in a student's repertoires of practice (Gutierrez & Rogoff, 2003), and so its presence in our classrooms and communities. We need a new term and a new approach that will not only more accurately embody some of the best past and present research and practice but will also offer pre-service and in-service teachers a way of both naming and conceptualizing the need to meaningfully value and maintain the practices of their students in the process of extending their students' repertoires of practice to include domi- nant language, literacies, and other cultural practices

Without such resistances students will continue the age-old American saga of being asked to lose their heritage and community ways with language, liter- acy, and culture in order to achieve in U.S. schools

Co-teaching requires that teachers be humble enough to become students of their students—especially the students who have been most harmed, and will benefit most from a teacher listening to their experiences.

The best teachers don’t just keep teaching. Instead, they use their pedagogy as protest: They disrupt teaching norms that harm vulnerable students. In my years in the classroom since 2001, I’ve learned something about how to do this. I call it reality pedagogy, because it’s about reaching students where they really are, making sure that their lives and backgrounds are reflected in the curriculum and in classroom conversations.

All assignments are to be submitted via Canvas.

I reserve the right to make changes as necessary. I will always alert to these changes ina timely manner.

Laptop Checkout: 8am-7pm(check COVID restrictions)

Minimum Technology RequirementsEach student will need: •Computerwith speakers and microphone •Reliable internet access (please communicate with your instructor ASAP with any concerns)•Microsoft Office Suiteor similar Word processing software•Google Drive account (this is free)•Canvas Technical Requirements(https://clear.unt.edu/supported-technologies/canvas/requirements)