Spectacular Even In Poverty

In Spectacular Things Happen Along The Way, the teacher Brian Schultz goes against the principles of Pedagogy of Poverty. Instead approaching teaching from logic of" students and teachers are engaged in different activities." Schultz inspired his class of 5th grader by engaging them and working with them to find solutions to the problems that existed in their school. The students were made to feel like they were in control of their learning experience and there wanted to participate in the learning process. They were excited about school and took pride in their work.The teacher and students were learning from each other. Mr. Schultz helped his students realize that they had a voice that mattered. He raised the bar for his student and they went above and beyond the bar. Unlike the Pedagogy of poverty, Mr. Schultz realized, through his own experiences, that every child is an individual and needs to be able to work at his or her own pace and not be penalized for it. Working with Northwestern University, Shultz was able to get his students access to graduate student mentors, via the Internet, where they could get individual assistance with their education. Directive pedagogy wasn't necessary to get his students interested in learning. Schulz allowed his student to be active not passive participants in the process called learning.

Community Inquiry Project

After consulting with my professor I've narrowed my topic of interest to "The challenges adolescent African- American males face in urban communities". My original topic was quite broad and needed to be tailored. Now beginning the research for my chosen topic I'm starting to wonder if I need to tailor my topic even more. Two things that I found interesting while doing my research are how the suicide rate has increased over the past 20 years for African American males and that suicide intervention programs are not helping to reduce suicide rates. I learned that ones vulnerability to suicide can be linked to his community , economic status, and family support.

The article I would like to share:
Ready to die: a postmodern interpretation of the increase of African-American adolescent male suicide