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PME 811 Blog e-Journal: Reflection as a Way of Life: Entry #1

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CRS...What is it and what do we need to understand about it? The article entitled, Culturally Responsive Schooling for Indigenous Youth: A Review of the Literature by Castagno & Brayboy, is extremely relevant and practical to my professional context of practice and I chose to use some of the details from the article as a way to deepen my understanding of Indigenous education. It highlighted for me the complexities of creating culturally responsive schooling systems. The authors state that “ truly culturally responsive learning for Indigenous youth is a highly complex endeavor that requires systemic change within and across a number of levels in our schooling system” (Castagno, A., et. al., 2008, p.943).  The authors go on to explain in detail scholars’ arguments on the learning styles of Indigenous youth and they caution the reader to think critically about stereotypical, racist and sexist constructs that exist with the mainstream classroom. Castagno & Brayboy note that th...
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