

Who Determines What is Worth Learning in the Minority Language Classroom?
My reflections for this post have focused around my milieu of teaching minority languages such as American Sign Language, Hungarian,...


What are Effective Methods to Make Learning Relatable for Language Students?
In Elliot W. Eisner’s article, What Does It Mean to Say a School is Doing Well? the author puts forth many questions about standardized...


What is Effective Curriculum in the Minority Language Learning Classroom?
Curriculum takes content (from external standards and local goals) and shapes it into a plan for how to conduct effective teaching and...


Absent Teachers: Poverty and the Deaf Classroom
In a general sense, poverty has one of the greatest impacts on education. It can lead to poor students having difficulty learning because...


Ways to Upset Language Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Many countries, especially those with large and diverse populations, are unsure of how to address minority language communities. This...


Diversity in Deaf Educational Experiences: Ghana, Vietnam, South Sudan, Finland, Uganda
The diversity in educational experiences is clear in the context of Deaf education, especially when we consider these real-world...


Deaf Oppression: Social Conflict Theory
The sociological theory that resonated with me the most this week was the social conflict theory. This theory doesn’t align with my own...


The Pedagogy of the Oppressor and Educational Philosophies
Education Can Lead to Dehumanization The philosophy that spoke the most to me this week was Freire’s critical pedagogy (see my post from...


Can Education Further the Oppression of Minorities?
I feel like each philosophy is a lens in which to view education, especially in the case of Paulo Freire’s "The Pedagogy of the...


My Teaching Philosophies in ASL and Deaf Classrooms (Infographic)
Multiple Intelligences Teaching sign language to Deaf and hearing students allows me the flexibility to teach according to my teaching...