Kent State University ADED Program's Social Justice Mission

First Year Experience Community Organization Field Placement

ADED 20000: Topics in Social Justice in Teaching and Learning

PLEASE NOTE: Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school-agency before the first day of the semester in which student teaching internship will take place.

This course examines social justice issues that are central to teaching and learning across all educational contexts. Students consider topics such as race, poverty, social class, LGBTQ youth and colleagues, socially responsive teaching, and youth placed at risk as they intersect with K-12 educational settings.

This course has a field experience to document some of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions for social justice in educational contexts learned throughout this course. Students participate in collaborative inquiry as they reflect on issues of equity.

Students should obtain a Background check and fingerprinting prior to taking this course so that they are able to participate fully in the field experience. Background check results are eligible for ONE calendar year. When filling out your application, the Ohio BCII code on the application will need to be: “non-teaching position 3319 39B1”. Students should indicate on the form that “results” are sent to directly to them. Please do not have the results sent to KSU. Background checks and fingerprinting can be done in the Instructional Resource Center.

ADED 32142 -  30-hour Urban Secondary School Field Placement

ADED 32277 - Proyecto Raices

MCED 40007 - Juvenile Detention Center

ADED 42292 - Practicum

ADED 49525 - Inquiry: Social Justice Colloquia

The social justice colloquia have been part of the ADED program since 2012. This presentation from the 2015 OCTEO conference (PDF) outlines the nature of this work.

Currently, the topics of the ADED Social Justice Colloquia are:

• Race
• Poverty
• LGBTQ Issues in Schools
• Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy
• Differentiated Instruction and Special Education
• Human Trafficking
• Working with Families
• English Language Learners

• Learning for Justice
• Dowdy, J. K., & Cushner, K. (Eds.). (2014). Reading Between the Lines: Activities for Developing Social Awareness Literacy. Lanham, MD.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
• Dowdy, J. K. & Fleischaker, R. (Eds.). (2018). Text Sets: Multimodal Learning for Multicultural Students. Leiden, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
• Boske, C., & Osanloo, A. (2015). Students, Teachers, and Leaders Addressing Bullying in Schools. Leiden, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
• Beautiful Trouble
• Mr. Rounds' Assessment Literacy Presentation (January 16, 2018) (PDF)

Math

• Call for a Collective Action to Develop Awareness: Equity & Social Justice in Mathematics Education (PDF)

Science

• NSTA Positions Multicultural Science Education; Science for English Language Learners; Students with Exceptionalities; Gender Equity in Science Education; Parent Involvement in Science Learning
• Association for Multicultural Science Education
• National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Science
• Science for Students with Disabilities

Social Studies

• K. Cushner, & Dowdy, J. K. (Eds.). (2014). From the Margins to the Mainstream: Activities to Enhance Social Justice Awareness in Social Studies and the Social Foundations of Education. Lanham, MD.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.

Language Arts

Articles:

• Slater, D. (Sept./Oct. 2016). The uncomfortable truth about children’s books. Mother Jones.
• Flannery, M. E. (Winter 2015). The school-to-prison pipeline: Time to shut it down. NEA Today.
• Nelson, L. & Lind, D. (Feb. 2015). The school to prison pipeline, explained. Justice Policy Institute.

Websites:

• weneeddiversebooks.org
• NCTE Intellectual Freedom Center
• NCTE Rationales for Teaching Challenged Books

Social media:

• We Need Diverse Books (X)
• #weneeddiversebooks

• Collaborative to End Human Trafficking of Greater Cleveland
• Polaris Project
• United States Department of Health and Human Services

• LGBTQ+ Resource Guide (PDF) from the City of Columbus LGBTQ Health Initiative
• Learning for Justice: Common Roadblocks
• ACLU LGBT Know Your Rights (PDF) - see also the ACLU's LGBTQ Youth page
• National Center for Transgender Equality: Know your Rights (PDF)
• GLSEN Back To School Guide for Creating LGBT-Inclusive Environments (PDF)
• We Need Diverse Books
• John Green discusses Why We Need Diverse Books (time 3:05)
• American Library Association Stonewall Book Awards List (includes all winners from 1971-present)
• LGBTQ Youth & Education: Policies and Practices by Cris Mayo (Teachers College Press, 2013)

• Differentiation Handout (PDF)

• CAEP has made available three Family Engagement Modules

• Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol Resources (SIOP)
• Colorín Colorado Resources by Grade
• Edutopia Resources for Teaching English Language Learners
• WIDA English Language Development Standards
• Adapting Instruction for English Language Learners from Spring 2017 Social Justice Colloquium (PDF)