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LEARNING TOGETHER CULTIVATING SUCCESS BY FOSTERING A SENSE OF BELONGING. Diane Wishart University of Alberta. youth and their teachers. Reframing conceptions of teaching Coming to awareness of learning from students. Did u hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete
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LEARNING TOGETHERCULTIVATING SUCCESS BY FOSTERING A SENSE OF BELONGING Diane Wishart University of Alberta
youth and their teachers Reframing conceptions of teaching Coming to awareness of learning from students
Did u hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete Proving nature’s laws wrong it learned 2 walk without having feet Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams it learned 2 breathe fresh air Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared! —TupacShakur (1999)
Comfort that eludes for disenfranchised urban Aboriginal youth Separate programs with cultural underpinnings and/or meeting needs in public schools Voice comfort
When I was in [public] high school, the teachers they’re not friendly I had some pretty bad experiences because all the schools I went to, if you weren’t like a certain type of person then nobody liked you and you got picked on I didn’t like the way I was being treated, that’s all
Comfort in an alternative program Teachers here don’t look at you as a student, they look at you as a person and a student so they treat you like both… you can call teachers by their first names here, which is also a sign of respect, too, in a way The students or the other people are easy to get along with and they accept you
Model of schooling Listening to students Understanding circumstance Reflecting on my role Building trust
Creating the conditions for learning Comfort, coffee, conversation Community building flexibility
Labeling Special needs coding and the realities of street life
Success Alternative definitions Often achieved slowly and incrementally
