Tamera Malone

Tag: teachers

  • The Art of Being an Autodidact: Embracing the Power of Self-Learning

    There’s something uniquely empowering about being an autodidact – a self educator. It’s the embodiment of curiosity, determination, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge and understanding. As someone who proudly identifies as an autodidact with a child-like curiosity, I’ve come to see self-learning as more than just a method for acquiring knowledge—it’s truly a way…

  • Intellectual Growth and Achievement: How to Advance Student Learning

    This blog post continues our exploration of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP), a framework for teachers developing their critical consciousness, cultural competence, and ability to advance student learning. Today, we’ll delve deeper into the concept of student learning.  The Body Analogy: Student Learning as the Core Imagine a culturally relevant teacher as a human body. We’ve…

  • Building Bridges in the Classroom: Exploring Cultural Competence

    We’re diving deeper into our ongoing journey towards culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP)! We’ve explored this framework’s heart (volition) and left brain (critical consciousness). Now, let’s shift to the right brain – cultural competence. Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings defines cultural competence as the ability of students to: These abilities translate to students expressing their cultural identity through…