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Mistakes We Have Made: Implications for Social Justice Educators, second edition, continues the conversation started in the first edition. Dr. Bre Evans-Santiago has once again collected a variety of voices from authors with a wealth of experience teaching in K-12 schools and utilizing culturally relevant practices. This new edition is current with social justice research and strategies, while connecting the audience through personal vignettes in each chapter. The context is organized into three themes: Inclusive Classrooms, Curriculum Implementation, and Professionalism. Reflection questions are provided at the end of each chapter, which will guide the practitioners to self-reflect and plan next steps accordingly. The e-book provides links to videos, strategies, articles, and other supplemental materials to make this text a "one-stop-shop." Mistakes We Have Made speaks to several audiences, from pre-service teachers to any practitioner that needs a new perspective on teaching with a social justice lens. This text can be used in a variety of college courses, professional development workshops, or as a gift for new teachers.
Perfect for courses such as: Social Justice for Educators | Diverse Perspectives for Educational Leaders | Diversity and Multiculturalism | Sociocultural Foundations in Education | Issues in Education | Elementary Teacher Foundations | Sociology of Education
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Theme One: Inclusive Classrooms
Chapter One:
Learning to See and Unlearn: Building Authentic Relationships with Latinx Immigrant Families in School and Research Settings
Adam Sawyer and Mirna Troncoso Sawyer
Chapter Two:
Unpacking the Messiness in Critical Elementary Education
Laura Shelton and Jeannette Alarcón
Chapter Three:
Engaging Students Through Universal Design for Learning
Jay C. Percell
Chapter Four:
Understanding and Addressing Behavior: From Screaming to Crying to Tantrums to Violence
Anni K. Reinking
Chapter Five:
Understanding and Embracing African American Vernacular English
David Sandles
Chapter Six:
“Are You a Boy or a Girl?” Student Identity
Anni K. Reinking and Bre Evans-Santiago
Chapter Seven:
No Todos Son Familia: The Importance of Identity, Intersectionality, and Positionality in Education
Allison Segarra Hansen
Theme Two: Curriculum Implementation
Chapter Eight:
Christmas for Everyone?
Bre Evans-Santiago
Chapter Nine:
Cultivating Diversity and Unteaching Bigotry Through Multicultural Literature
Mahmoud Suleiman
Chapter Ten:
Break the Rules, Not the Students: Rethinking Classroom Culture
Rita Suh
Chapter Eleven:
Revamping Curriculum Through a “Social Justice” Lens
Anni K. Reinking
Theme Three: Professionalism
Chapter Twelve:
A Testimonio of a Bilingual Teacher: Confesión, Self-Reflection, and Transformative Pedagogy
Adeli Ynostroza Ochoa
Chapter Thirteen:
Listen with Your Heart and Mind, Not with Your Eyes or Ears: Establishing Culturally Responsive Rapport
Mahmoud Suleiman
Chapter Fourteen:
Dressing for Success: Visual Appearance Makes a Difference
Bre Evans-Santiago
Chapter Fifteen:
Co-Teaching in Your First Year: Professional Marriages Resulting in Success or Divorce?
Kira A. Hamann
Chapter Sixteen:
Breaking out of the Glass Closet: Rectifying a Mistake I Once Made
Christian A. Bracho
Contributor Bios
Index
NOTE: Table of Contents subject to change up until publication date.
Reviews & Endorsements
Kai Mathew’s, PhD, Founder & Lead Designer at The Liberatory Classroom“Bre Evans-Santiago’s Mistakes We Have Made: Implications for Social Justice Educators (2nd Edition) is the kind of book that makes you braver simply by reading it. In a field that often rewards perfection over vulnerability, this collection does something radical: it honors the power of professional missteps as sites of growth, accountability, and deeper justice.
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Each chapter centers a teacher candidly examining their own classroom mistakes offering cultural wisdom to the profession. The stories are genuine, sometimes uncomfortable, and always instructive. They model the kind of reflective practice that social justice education demands: humility, critical self-awareness, and the courage to repair harm.
This is not a book about getting it right. It is a book about becoming more conscious, more accountable, and more skillful in the work of educating for liberation. For teacher educators, school leaders, and classroom practitioners alike, this second edition is both a mirror and a guide. It reminds us that growth is iterative, justice is relational, and our greatest lessons often emerge from the moments we wish we could redo.
Bre Evans-Santiago has curated more than a collection of essays; she has cultivated a community of reflective practitioners committed to doing better for their students. This book deserves a place in teacher preparation programs, professional learning communities, and on the desks of anyone serious about teaching with integrity.”
Christine Sleeter, Professor Emerita, California State University Monterey Bay“Mistakes We Have Made is a marvelous must-have resource for any teacher, particularly those early in their careers. Each chapter’s poignant vignettes turn a teacher’s stumbles into a reflective learning opportunity. Through (often embarrassing) real-life stories from a wide diversity of classrooms, authors pose ethical and complex questions that arise from everyday teaching, offering teachers a wealth of insightful and practical guidance.”
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