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Teachers’ views of their students as learners are often situated in their own experiences (e.g. Edwards, White, Castle, & Hopkins, 2023) – As you learned in module 2 – the U.S. public school teaching force primarily identifies as female (77% in 2020-2021 according to the National Center for Education Statistics) and White (80% in 2020-2021 according to the National Center for Education Statistics). This is in stark contrast to public school students – where racial/ethnic distributions of public school students across the country have shifted. In 2020-21, students identified as White – 45%; Black – 15%; Hispanic – 28%; Asian – 5.4%, Two or more races – 5%; American Indian/Alaska Native – 1%.
As we discussed in module 2, the racial/ethnic demographics of students are becoming more diverse. It is imperative, as future educators, that you are prepared to provide responsive literacy instruction to support the literacy development of our nation’s increasingly diverse students. This begins with critically reflecting on your sociocultural identity and positionality – because literacy is shaped by culture and context.
Submit the first 2 components of this assignment:
- Use these social identityLinks to an external site. & personal identityLinks to an external site. wheels to describe your multiple and intersecting identities (the wheel worksheets are to support your descriptions and do not need to be submitted). Submit a self-description (a paragraph or so describing what you are comfortable sharing for this activity). Think/reflect on the following:
- How were these identities formed? What parts of your identity are imposed? Are there aspects not included – if so, add them! Which ones are more important to you and why? Are there aspects that others notice about your identity but those are not that important to you and why?
- Relate your identities to your literacy life experiences by creating a timeline of important events in your literacy life. You can use Word or Powerpoint or Canva to create your timeline.
- Include something from each part of your:
- For each experience, add a note about how the experience connects to your sociocultural (social and personal) identities… think/reflect on the following:
