chapter29

Chapter29 was pretty interesting because I never really considered math to be a subject that could be used to teach about social injustice. I really think that Gutstein has changed my outlook on the things I need to be/want to be achieving in the classroom. While the social studies may cover social injustice more explicitly, Gutstein showed that even subjects that may be seen as boring can be made interesting solely because of teacher creativitity and enthusiasm. I do realize however that creating such a classroom or curriculum will take a lot of work. And let's face it, it's not always easy to be enthused about certain subjects or to be enthused every day someone goes out and teaches but this should be a goal all teachers strive toward.

As interested as I became in the curriculum and the classroom, I liked where the article went on page 441 when Gutstein discussed how the students are directly involved in stopping social injustices through this curriculum. After reading this secion I thought to myself that it's one thing to teach about subjects on social injustice and another thing to teach students to do something about current social injustices. Hopefully I can achieve this in my classroom but I wondered if this would be a teaching style that a conservative administration wouldn't embrace?