Poster #30 - Lesson Study as Laboratory for Developing Culturally Responsive Pedagogies

• In Event: 61.072 - MTCC Poster Session 13
  In Poster Session: 61.072-5 - New Insights Through Lesson Study: Poster Session

Abstract

Educators love to love the notion of “culturally relevant pedagogy” (Ladson-Billings, 1995) and its variants (“culturally responsive teaching,” “culturally congruent instruction,” and the like). Teachers working in diverse schools often espouse its value and label what they do as “culturally relevant.” For decades now, “culturally relevant pedagogy” has been promoted as an effective approach to meeting the needs of black and brown children living in poverty. Yet knowing how to enact “culturally relevant teaching” eludes many teachers. Lesson study, with its extended collaboration, focus on student learning, shared lesson design, and in-person live observations of research lessons, provides a hospitable environment for developing teachers’ understanding and enactment of culturally relevant pedagogy.

Author

• Jennifer M. Lewis, Wayne State University