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Friday, March 1 • 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Teaching for Social Justice: Student Empowerment and the Development of Critical Thinking FULL
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This session is intended for middle and high school educators teaching social studies/history classes. Participants will explore essential concepts associated with social justice education and how to provoke successful deliberative discussions in their classrooms. The session will provide participants with an array of practical tools to discuss sensitive issues regarding race, ethnicity, social class, gender and religion. Educators will leave the session with a theoretical and practical understanding of social justice.  
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Dr. Jesus Diaz

ELL/Dual-language Lead Teacher, School District U-46
Dr. Díaz currently works as a Lead Teacher for the ELL/Dual-language Program in School District U-46. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis teaching graduate level courses related to social justice in education and educational... Read More →

Friday March 1, 2019 1:15pm - 3:00pm CST
C120
  Social Studies

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