July+8th

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class discussion: __Who's Interest Should Schools Serve? Justice and Equity__ __E____ACH STUDENT SHOULD HAVE PREPARED THREE QUESTIONS FROM THEIR RESEARCH/REFLECTION ON THE TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION.__ __STUDENTS CAN ALSO REFER TO THEIR 1 PG WRITTEN REFLECTIONS THROUGHOUT DISCUSSION.__ __**Who's Interests Should Schools Service? Justice and Equity**__

Let's group together to more efficiently examine these issues (groups of three). For the sake of procedures and time, let's assume that the following is an agreed upon way to critically examine the issues:

__**THE CRITICAL PROCESS**__

1. Group like questions/statements. This is to determine salient points of the problem (**Epistemology:** What is the nature of knowledge? How do we come to know? / **Reconstructionism or Critical Theory /****qualitative/ Grounded Theory)** - See link for definitions of these terms. 2. What have your determined during your reading/critical reflection ( **__Research the problem__**) 3. How can we begin to address this issue? What steps can we take to not only identify the problem, but entertain possible solutions (or beginning of “change”, which can simply be a modified consensus). (**__Develop a collective plan of action to address the problem__**). 4. What can be (there can be several to choose from) the first step **__(Implement the collective plan of action__**). 5. (**__Evaluate the action, assess its efficacy, and re-examine the state of the problem.)__** Discuss how to evaluate the first step and how to proceed from there. 6. Identify the problem/issue