Community members reported that participating in a Community Socratic Circle helped them feel comfortable with teachers facilitating classroom racial discourse¶
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q2 i? Community members indicated the community Socratic circle increased their comfort with teachers using Socratic Circles for classroom racial discourse. → Johnson 2023
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Johnson 2023¶
Johnson, A. M., & Lenderman, K. (2023). Socratic Circles: Building OER Tools for Racial Equity Classroom and Community Discourse. Digital Promise, Center for Inclusive Innovation. https://digitalpromise.org/inclusive-innovation doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/200
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Findings from the Community Post-Implementation Survey administered after the final implementation cycle, in which district leaders, teachers, students, parents, and community members gathered in a Community Socratic Circle led by two RCS Core Team students. The report states
"Students’ responses mirrored their teachers’ perceptions and community members indicated that participating in the community Socratic circle helped them feel comfortable with teachers using Socratic Circles to facilitate classroom racial discourse."
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Related Claims¶
- Post-implementation survey responses after each Socratic Circles implementation cycle trended affirmative toward the team-defined outcomes — related
- The RCS Core Team's root cause analysis identified fear and political influence, lack of comprehensive and inclusive curriculum, and lack of awareness as central causes of the discourse challenge — related
- Honours community members perceive a safe and supportive environment that facilitates exploring new ideas — related
- Graduate seminars with hands-on generative AI use and reflection increased students' comfort with AI and ability to critically assess AI outputs — related
- Participants reported that the trust-building collaborative environment enabled open and vulnerable sharing — related
- When district administration encourages a culture of coaching, teachers feel more comfortable participating in coaching and taking ownership of change — related
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Community members reported that participating in a Community Socratic Circle helped them feel comfortable with teachers facilitating classroom racial discourse |
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Community members reported that participating in a Community Socratic Circle helped them feel comfortable with teachers facilitating classroom racial discourse |
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