De Anza College Staff Development

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how to use in class by Steve Nava

"I used the Dolezal example in class today to clarify what our text means by, race/class/gender matrix of power and domination (Andersen and Hill Collins 2014). This story falls right on the nature/nurture line and the color line as both a social construction (i.e. "race is a social construction") and a historically politically charged concept. Students tend to think in a presentist mode, but when you bring the historical idea of blackface into the discussion they start to understand why members of the black community are angry about what she has done with her identity. Blacks can't "pass as white" but whites can "pass as black" due to the one drop rule. As one student said, she took an opportunity that a black person could have taken: professor of Africana Studies; NAACP leadership..."

#AskRachel: How a Twitter Hashtag Became Black America's Family Reunion One thing to come out of all of this that I find amazing and beautiful is the Twitter hashtag , which started as a sarcastic way to mock and test Rachel's perceived lack of Black bonafides and morphed into a sort of digital family reunion, an electronic walk down memory lane for Black peop…

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A Visit From Kendrick Lamar — Best Day Of School Ever? A New Jersey high school teacher used the rapper's latest album to teach a unit on Toni Morrison's novel, The Bluest Eye. Lamar found out about it, and decided to stop in for a visit.

Featured Article hen you begin to talk with most university teachers about Harvard professor Robert Rosenthal's research into the "Pygmalion phenomenon," they're interested. When you describe "the Oak School" experiment which figures prominently in Pygmalion in the Classroom: Teacher Expectation and Pupils' Intellec...

Sir Ken Robinson on the Education Paradigm Sir Ken Robinson, an expert on creativity, offers a 'creative view' of education and its role in development and learning.

Kristina Wong will be at De Anza this Wednesday, 4/25 @ 1:30p in the Campus Center's Confernece Room A & B to perform excepts "Wong Flew Over the Cockoo's Nest"

Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 5 MIN Excerpt Pangea World Theater presents Kristina Wong's Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, running 3 days only April 30-May 2, 2009 - check out www.pangeaworldtheater.o...

Our very own Marc Coronado receives an award at this year's Academic Senate Conference. Congratulations, Marc! Well Done!

Marc's Diversity Marc's Diversity

Check out these useful resources...from Free iPad Whiteboard Apps & Google Education Apps to Organizational Templates!...these resources could help you and your students function better in the classroom.

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8 Great TED Talks About The Future Of Education And Teaching | Emerging Education Technology These talks offer insights, concerns, and inspiration while discussing today's educational practices and shortcomings, from a variety of perspectives. TED

Teaching Tolerance | Southern Poverty Law Center Our Teaching Tolerance program is working to foster school environments that are inclusive and nurturing – classrooms where equality and justice are not just taught, but lived. The program points to the future, helping teachers prepare a new generation to live in a diverse world.

Staff Development FLY BY WORKSHOP
this Wednesday, April 18th from 12:30-1:20p @ Campus Center Conference Room B

Oceans of Impact: De Anza Faculty Interview

In the 4th workshop of the Oceans of IMPACT "Fly By" series, participants will watch a 10-minute video of De Anza Faculty interviews. There interviews discuss how faculty members have changed their practice in relation to working with Filipino, Pacific Islanders, and South East Asian students, The workshop structure is designed to put instructors into learner/learning mode to facilitate becoming more culturally competent.

Stirfry Seminars & Consulting - Diversity Training Seminars , Diversity Training Films and Diversity We offer custom designed diversity training, seminars, workshops and trainings where participants learn cultural competency by increasing diversity awareness, cultural differences, developing cross-cultural communications skills, community development expertise, and an awareness of social issues and...

League of Innovation Review...for those of you who missed it or would like to take a second look!

Foothill-De Anza Community College District The following presentations were made to a visiting team from the League for Innovation in the Community College on Feb. 23, 2011. Click on the links below to see the presentations. Where applicable, related web sites also are provided.