Preparing Teachers for Educational Equity

Preparing Teachers for Educational Equity

Presented by the University of Minnesota Retirees Association (UMRA).

Professor Rodriguez has said that the principles of educational equity have been available for decades, yet often are misunderstood or simply ignored. By acknowledging that learning is a social activity, we center the role of the sociocultural context of teaching and learning.

Through explicit and intentional integration of academic, social, and emotional learning, we can make real gains—including newer efforts to employ cultural and linguistic responsive instruction and assessment, according to Rodriguez. All of this has important implications for how we prepare education professionals in the University’s College of Education and Human Development.

Michael Rodriguez, PhD, is a professor of educational psychology and holds the Campbell Leadership Chair in Education and Human Development at the U. He is founding co-director of the Educational Equity Resource Center, and directs the Minnesota Youth Development Research Group. His teaching and research focus is on educational equity, educational testing and assessment, social and emotional learning, and youth development.

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