culture, racial identity, and agency: mary stone hanley, professor, george mason university probing...
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Culture, Racial Identity, and Agency:Mary Stone Hanley, professor, George Mason University
Probing the possibilities of culturally responsive arts education
I like the program because it made me have more confidence in myself. It made me believe in myself because I was so use to people putting me down telling me you can't do this, you can't do that. It was never to try and you will succeed, so I gave up on myself. Thank you. You helped me a lot…
---Torie, age 14
How do I commit myself to do work that is predicated on a belief in the power of the mind, when African American intellectual inferiority is so much a part of the taken-for-granted notions of the larger society that individuals in and out of school, even good and well-intentioned people, individuals who purport to be acting on my behalf, routinely register doubts about my intellectual competence?
---Theresa Perry on the dilemmas of African American students (Perry, Steele and Hilliard, 2003).
Many a person is unhappy, tortured within, because he has at command no art of expressive action.
---John Dewey, Art as Experience
What our children need is love and the arts—love to know they are valued and the arts to express that value.
Haki Madhubuti
“And this redefinition of educational equality means affirming that problems or shortcomings in learning are not so much in shortcomings in ethnic minority students as in inequalities in the schools they attend. It also means refocusing schools toward being more responsive to human variability, spending less time manipulating ethnic students to make them comply to institutional structures, and instituting programs and processes that empower students through access to high-quality knowledge and experiences.”
-- G. Gay
Culturally Responsive PedagogyCulturally Responsive PedagogyHeinz Foundation Literature ReviewHeinz Foundation Literature Review
Culturally Culturally Responsive Responsive PedagogyPedagogy
Positive Positive Racial IdentityRacial IdentityDevelopmentDevelopment
ResilienceResilience AchievementAchievement
RACIAL OPPRESSION
ALANA CULTURE AND EDUCATION
Culturally Responsive PedagogyCulturally Responsive PedagogyPedagogy developed using the culture of
studentsStudents are agents of change Inspires critical, imaginative, and creative
thinkingInspires affective learningEncourages active learningStimulates connections to the community
and community developmentDevelops knowledge of global, national,
and historical connections
Themes for Culturally Themes for Culturally Responsive PedagogyResponsive Pedagogy
Involve the community. Use culture and racial identity as an asset. Educate about racism and racial uplift. Develop caring relationships. Assume success. Promote active learning, problem-based
instruction and student involvement. Employ the arts. Acknowledge the challenges.
CultureCulture
…the web of significance that man himself has spun
Clfford Geertz
Drama Drama Discipline, Commitment, MotivationDiscipline, Commitment, Motivation 10 weeks, 3 hours/day, 5 days/week Learned performance skills and acting
techniques using culturally relevant content and form.
Created a script through improvisation and storytelling using culturally relevant content and form.
Performed for peers, educators, family, and community members.
Name Age/
GenderGPA Parental
OccupationLives with
Mico 13/male 1.5 sells clothes in K-Mart
mother
Toni 13/female 1.5 sells clothes in K-Mart
mother
Hakeem 14/male 2.5 teacher mother
Tori 14/female 2.5 beautician mother
Lateefa 13/female 2.0 retired grandmother
Ronnie 13/male 3.0 (m) office worker
(f) restaurant cook
mother and father
Delonn 13/male 2.0 unemployed mother
Sala 14/female 2.0 beautician mother
Olivia 13/female 3.5 pediatrician mother
Sheryl 13/female 3.0 postal worker father
Jaz 14/male 1.5 day care worker sister
David 14/male 3.5 paralegal mother
Trane 14/male 1.5 bank teller mother
Crystal 13/female 2.5 cosmetologist mother
Nile 14/female 3.0 telemarketer mother
Matilda 14/female 2.5 bus driver mother
Mona 14/female 1.5 nanny sister
Cassandra 13/female 2.5 unemployed guardian
May 14/female 3.0 (m) computer operator
(f) plasterer
Mother and father
Isis 13/female 2.5 (m) travel agent (f) county administrator
Mother and father
Culturally Responsive Arts Culturally Responsive Arts EducationEducation
EMPOWERMENTEMPOWERMENT
Creativity
RespectRespectRespect
Culture and Community
PowerlessnessImagination
CreativityAGENCY
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F
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Risktaking
Imagination
Risk taking
AgencyAgency
“the freedom of human beings to make choices in ways that make a difference in their lives”
J. Martin, J. Sugarman, & J. Thompson
…”the capacity to exercise control over one’s own thought processes, motivation, and action”
Albert Bandura
Artistic AgencyArtistic Agency
PERCEPTIONCONCEPTUALIZATION
EXPRESSIONTRANSFORMATION
Attributes of the ArtsAttributes of the ArtsImaginationCreativityProblem-Solving Higher Order Thinking Skills CollaborationIntrinsic MotivationCommunicationInterdisciplinary StructureObservation Skills Connection of Mind, Body, Emotions, & SpiritCultural HistoryEmpowerment
Active LearningAffective LearningRisk-Taking OpennessSensory AwarenessCommunity BuildingAlternative Symbol Systems Pattern, Rhythm Harmony, Balance, & Composition Critical ThinkingCultural ChangeCultural KnowledgePleasure (Fun)Concentration/Focus
Self-DisciplineHypothesizing (What if?)Mental and Physical Agility Research SkillsAesthetics: Study of Beauty Multiple PerspectivesEmpathyArtistic AgencyPerceptionConceptualizationExpressionTransformation
Achievement / Success through Achievement / Success through Culturally Responsive ArtsCulturally Responsive Arts
IMAGINATIONCREATIVITY
AGENCY
CULTURERISK-TAKING
EMPOWERMENTPLEASURE/FLOW
MOTIVATION