See You When We Get There: Teaching for Change in Urban Schools by Gregory Michie is about five women of color educators, who are working for change, perspectives of their motivations and support. Their perspective includes the challenges and possibilities in public education. The educators explore the struggles of minority students and give hope to their students. However, Michie's experience is also incorporated into the book to illustrate different teachers of diverse backgrounds are fighting for the same thing. I selected this book because these educators are a representation of me. I am a future female educator of color who will be working for change. I reflected on my education. I have had a handful of women of color educators for teachers, but only two in the field of mathematics. Nonetheless, the book focuses on the issue of teaching social justice in the classroom. I would have never linked social justice and mathematics, but this has inspired me to pursue my research to imagine the possibilities. I developed a proposed timeline that is subject to change. The blue boxes represent the chapters to read; I will be strict with those. I want to read those chapters no later than the date I put. The green boxes represent the research I prepare to do. I suggest dates as a way to focus on narrowing down the articles I have collected throughout the process. I tend to collect many articles and realize they were not as connected to my topic as I originally thought. The red boxes represent the due dates for READ 4343 Book Study Blog posts. The reason I allowed 3-4 days in between the research and the blog post is so I can collect my thoughts. I have difficulty sorting through my thoughts about what I want to say and write. The orange boxes represent time dedicated to working on my reflection. This part is most likely subject to change because I will probably dedicate more time for revision or start later to map out my thinking. The purple box represents the time established for working on the presentation. Working involves writing a script, creating a PowerPoint, recording, and editing. I don’t plan to finish all in one day, but I would like to start by that date. Comments/Insights: I’m curious about how the Teachers College Press selects books for their teaching for social justice series. Gregory Michie is on the list five times! I reviewed the series board, and I’m glad to see people of diverse backgrounds. Surprisingly, only two people from the series board are a part of the list, William Ayers and Kevin K. Kumashiro.
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