This year teachers across our province have been reading, discussing, and enacting ideas from the book Cultivating Mathematical Hearts: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Elementary Classrooms by Dr, Maria del Rosario Zavala and Dr. Julia Maria Aguirre.
For our second cross-district meeting on Zoom on January 16, we were honoured to have both authors join us to discuss the book and ask us for connections to our context here in BC and Canada. It was a compelling dialogue with discussions about equity, culture, language, and community.
Our final cross-district session was held on May 8 where teachers shared how they used ideas from the book in their classrooms. Teachers commented that we are fortunate in BC that this pedagogy is very much aligned with our BC curriculum, and specifically curricular competencies in mathematics that support connecting mathematics to culture, community, place, and story.
District and school teams have met throughout the year to extend the learning in their own contexts.
Teachers from across our network have posted ideas and reflections on our padlet HERE.
Thanks to all the teachers who participated in and contributed to our book club this year!
~Janice
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