Blog V

Pamela Daher
2-27-07
ED 350
Professor Shutkin

Web Blog V

1). Why are new teachers among the more vulnerable professionals?
New teachers are among the more vulnerable professionals because they need to be nurtured and supported in this profession (Billings, 23). In addition, “most new teachers are frightened and overwhelmed by the demands of teaching” (23). Teachers need the opportunity to be challenged and to try new things and they need to be challenged about preconceived and stereotypical notions about teaching particular groups of students (24).

2). What is the purpose to attempt to Teach for Diversity?
In the beginning of chapter 2 Billings stated that the attempt to Teach for Diversity “was first to build a community among the perspective teachers so that they would be equipped to build a community among their own students” (34). The purpose of Teach for Diversity program is an opportunity where teachers can learn from each other’s experiences. As well, collective thinking about teaching and learning should be an aspect of preparing to teach (34).

Blog 4

Pamela Daher
2-12-07
ED 350
Professor Shutkin
Web Blog IV

Why did Plantation owners physically abused their slaves and how did they deculturalized their slaves?
The plantation owners’ physically abused their slaves because they believed brutality was essential to maintain control (Spring, 42). In addition, the plantation owners’ feared that their slaves would run away or go against their masters. The plantation owners used to beat their slaves for punishment and would sometimes beat them so badly that they would kill them and would not even be prosecuted. The plantation would not only abuse their slaves but even deculturalized them. Spring stated, “Deculturalization was considered key to making enslaved Africans dependent on their owners” (42). Plantation owners would take away their slaves identity by giving them new names. The slaves were unable to communicate with their owners because they could not speak English, so the enslaved Africans had to create a language of communication that would be understood by their owners and fellow slaves (43). The African slaves had completely lost all their cultural traditions and lost identity of themselves because of their owners.

Blog 3

Pamela Daher
2-1-07
ED 350
Professor Shutkin
Blog Three
The National Museum of the American Indian and the article written by Howard Zinn are related because thy both told the story from the Native Americans point of view. Both articles shared the common ideas of ideology, sentiment, and historiography. In both articles, the ideas of ideology were similar because they both discussed the struggles the Native Americans faced when the English invaded their land. In both articles, they discussed that the Native Americans allowed the English to live on their land, however the English thought the Native Americans were naïve and thought they had the right to own the land. Both articles discussed that the English killed many Native Americans and treated them badly. The ideas of sentiment were similar in both articles because they both included all the sad stories that the English did to the Native Americans. They both expressed all the suffering the Native Americans faced during this war and how badly the English treated them. The ideas of historiography were related in both stories because they both told the history in the same time period and included stories on the same characters such as Powhatan. Overall, both stories were related because they told the history from the Native Americans perspective.