Racialized Listening Practices in the Elementary Classroom by Kennedi Alexis Johnson In April of 2017, I was in my third month of student teaching in a general music classroom. At this point in the semester, I taught all classes—three sections each of kindergarten...
As the field of education offers more inclusive learning environments for students from different backgrounds—for example, cultural, socioeconomic, and neurological, to name a few—providing alternative education models challenges the “one-size-fits-all” approach in...
In this article, I highlight ways I used folklore as a central part of my strategies to raise the critical consciousness of predominantly white preservice teachers by introducing them to multicultural histories, concepts, and knowledges as I prepared them to fulfill...
The Dr. Beverly J. Robinson Community Folk Culture Program quickly became a premiere department of Mind-Builders, nationally recognized through Beverly Robinson’s mentorship and dedication. After her passing, our growth, visibility, and learning expanded through a...
A fisherman of the shallow sea uses only a short line; a fisherman of the deep sea has a long line. A person whose knowledge is shallow does not have much, but he whose knowledge is great does. —Pukui 1983 Note on Terms: Common words in ‘ōlelo Hawai’i (the...
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