dean ramsers personal pedagogy kaleidoscope journey 7.12.15
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Dean Ramser’sPersonal Pedagogy
Kaleidoscope Journey
The white boy looks back at 1968
Peach cobbler and streets name Peach.
Georgia clay and fishing holes.
Louis Armstrong almost playing in Lennox Square.
Fast cars and white skin. Slow speech and evil thoughts.
Martin Luther King Jr speeches and assignation.
Governor Lester Maddox calls on state troopers
to protect “the property of the state.”
Elvis Presley sings “In The Ghetto”
as Henry Aaron hits his 500th home run
and Julian Bond is nominated for Vice-President
at the Democratic National Convention.
Allan Wilson looks back at 1968
Sorry Allan, you gotta go, my mom says we’re going shopping
Sorry Allan, you gotta go,
‘cause my mom got the “black boy in your backyard” phone calls
Sorry Allan, you gotta go,
my family and me don’t know how to help you go to the mountain
Sorry Allan, you gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
“Consciousness of the body is solely a negative activity”
- Franz Fanon, The Fact of Blackness (p258)
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Baba BrinkmanI am Africanhttp://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-human-nature
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pre-2001
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Derek RoseSlavery Names
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French historians and artists noted that the ongoing campaign by the "Nostalgic circles" of colonization against the film " Hors la loi" by Rachid Bouchareb, who will represent Algeria at the next International Film Festival of Cannes (2010), is "preventing freedom of creation and the necessary recognition of the colonial past of France." In a text entitled " Rachid Bouchareb’s ‘Hors la loi’ film: the war’s memories are back, those historians, among them Pascal Blanchard, Gilles Manceron, Jean-Pierre Peyroulou, Benjamin Stora, Mohamed Harbi, director Yasmina Adi, considered that these reactions are "a symptom the comeback of good colonial consciousness in some sectors of French society.“-http://www.elmoudjahid.com/en/Culture/5106.html
Algérie, Les hors la loi الجزائر، الخارجون عن القانون
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Who are we looking for,
who are we looking for?It's Equiano we're looking for.Has he gone to the stream?
Let him come back. Has he gone to the farm?
Let him return.It's Equiano we're looking for.
- Kwa chant about the disappearance
of an African boy, Equiano
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DEFINITIONS
•Space
•Time
•History
•Identity
•Place
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"You are not an African because you are born in Africa. You are an African because Africa is born in you." --Marimba Ani
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"This propaganda of dis-associating Western Negroes from Africa is not a new one. For many years white propagandists have been printing tons of literature to impress scattered Ethiopia, especially that portion within their civilization, with the idea that Africa is a despised place, inhabited by savages, and cannibals, where no civilized human being should go, especially black civilized human beings. This propaganda is promulgated for the cause that is being realized today. That cause is COLONIAL EXPANSION for the white nations of the world."
—Marcus Garvey (Philosophy & Opinions of Marcus Garvey,edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey
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Véronique Tadjo
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Véronique Tadjo
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Lagos, Nigeria
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Trinidad, August 2007
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POEM BY MUTABARUKA –Reggae Artist/Dub Poet
dis poem
shall speak of the wretched sea
that washed ships to these shores
of mothers cryin for their young
swallowed up by the sea
dis poem shall say nothin new
dis poem shall speak of time
time unlimited time undefined
dis poem shall call names
names like lumumba kenyatta nkrumah
hannibal akenaton malcolm garvey
haile selassie
dis poem is vexed about apartheid rascism fascism
the klu klux klan riots in brixton atlanta
jim jones
dis poem is revoltin against 1st world 2nd world
3rd world division man made decision
dis poem is like all the rest
dis poem will not be amongst great literary works
will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts
will not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion
dis poem s knives bombs guns blood fire
blazin for freedom
yes dis poem is a drum
ashanti mau mau ibo yoruba nyahbingi warriors
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uhuru uhuru
uhuru namibia
uhuru soweto
uhuru afrika
dis poem will not change things
dis poem need to be changed
dis poem is a rebirth of a peopl
arizin awaking understandin
dis poem speak is speakin have spoken
dis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writin
dis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in history
in your mind
in time forever
dis poem is time only time will tell
dis poem is still not written
dis poem has no poet
dis poem is just a part of the story
his-story her-story our-story the story still untold
dis poem is now ringin talkin irritatin
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makin u want to stop it
but dis poem will not stop
dis poem is long cannot be short
dis poem cannot be tamed cannot be blamed
the story is still not told about dis poem
dis poem is old new
dis poem was copied from the bible your prayer book
playboy magazine the n.y. times readers digest
the c.i.a. files the k.g.b. files
dis poem is no secret
dis poem shall be called boring stupid senseless
dis poem is watchin u tryin to make sense from dis poem
dis poem is messin up your brains
makin u want to stop listenin to dis poem
but u shall not stop listenin to dis poem
u need to know what will be said next in dis poem
dis poem shall disappoint u
because
dis poem is to be continued in your mind in your mind
in your mind your mind
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Saul WilliamsWhy Africa Matters
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It's a long road, but I'm gonna find the endIt's a long road, but I'm gonna find the endAnd when I get back, I'm gonna shake hands with a friend
On the side of the road, I sat underneath a treeOn the side of the road, I sat underneath a treeNobody knows the thought that came over me
Weepin' and cryin', tears fallin' on the groun'Weepin' and cryin', tears fallin' on the groun'When I got to the end I was so worried down
Picked up my bag, baby, and I tried it againPicked up my bag, baby, and I tried it againI got to make it, I've got to find the end
You can't trust nobody, you might as well be aloneYou can't trust nobody, you might as well be aloneFound my long lost friend and I might as well stayed home
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Yinka Shonibare: The anarchist artist
Yinka Shonibare MBE:
Where Art meets
Post-Colonial African Artifice
“I am very interested in using the idea of something which is visually very beautiful because I think that I want my audience to
engage with my work even though I am actually tackling quite serious issues…” Yinka Shonibare
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sounds• kenya nchi yetu
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu9PIAzGkCI&feature=PlayList&p=66DC1475DB49EE81&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=21
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…au début
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Bellflower High SchoolHaiti Youth Photo Exhibit February 19, 2010
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• I believe in constructivist's theory of learning
• I believe in co-constructing "expert scholars" zones
• I believe we use codes and patterns to communicate
• I believe we can develop “critical consciousness”
• I believe that our students can and do “read” texts
• I believe that our students can and do create texts
• I believe in Socratic teaching
• I believe in Kinesthic activities to learn
• I believe anything is possible
• I believe GED will become EdD
The white boy looks back at 1968Peach cobbler and streets name Peach. Georgia clay and fishing holes. Louis Armstrong almost playing in Lennox
Square.Fast cars and white skin. Slow speech and evil
thoughts. Martin Luther King Jr speeches and assignation. Governor Lester Maddox calls on state troopers to protect “the property of the state.”Elvis Presley sings “In The Ghetto” as Henry Aaron hits his 500th home run and Julian Bond is nominated for Vice-President at the Democratic National Convention.
Allan Wilson looks back at 1968Sorry Allan, you gotta go, my mom says we’re
going shoppingSorry Allan, you gotta go, ‘cause my mom got the “black boy in your
backyard” phone calls Sorry Allan, you gotta go, my family and me don’t know how to help you
go to the mountainSorry Allan, you gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
• I believe in constructivist's theory of learning
• I believe in co-constructing "expert scholars" zones
• I believe we use codes and patterns to communicate
• I believe we can develop “critical consciousness”
• I believe that our students can and do “read” texts
• I believe that our students can and do create texts
• I believe in Socratic teaching
• I believe in Kinesthic activities to learn
• I believe anything is possible
• I believe GED will become EdD
The white boy looks back at 1968Peach cobbler and streets name Peach. Georgia clay and fishing holes. Louis Armstrong almost playing in Lennox
Square.Fast cars and white skin. Slow speech and evil
thoughts. Martin Luther King Jr speeches and assignation. Governor Lester Maddox calls on state troopers to protect “the property of the state.”Elvis Presley sings “In The Ghetto” as Henry Aaron hits his 500th home run and Julian Bond is nominated for Vice-President at the Democratic National Convention.
Allan Wilson looks back at 1968Sorry Allan, you gotta go, my mom says we’re
going shoppingSorry Allan, you gotta go, ‘cause my mom got the “black boy in your
backyard” phone calls Sorry Allan, you gotta go, my family and me don’t know how to help you
go to the mountainSorry Allan, you gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
• I believe in constructivist's theory of learning
• I believe in co-constructing "expert scholars" zones
• I believe we use codes and patterns to communicate
• I believe we can develop “critical consciousness”
• I believe that our students can and do “read” texts
• I believe that our students can and do create texts
• I believe in Socratic teaching
• I believe in Kinesthic activities to learn
• I believe anything is possible
• I believe GED will become EdD
The white boy looks back at 1968Peach cobbler and streets name Peach. Georgia clay and fishing holes. Louis Armstrong almost playing in Lennox
Square.Fast cars and white skin. Slow speech and evil
thoughts. Martin Luther King Jr speeches and assignation. Governor Lester Maddox calls on state troopers to protect “the property of the state.”Elvis Presley sings “In The Ghetto” as Henry Aaron hits his 500th home run and Julian Bond is nominated for Vice-President at the Democratic National Convention.
Allan Wilson looks back at 1968Sorry Allan, you gotta go, my mom says we’re
going shoppingSorry Allan, you gotta go, ‘cause my mom got the “black boy in your
backyard” phone calls Sorry Allan, you gotta go, my family and me don’t know how to help you
go to the mountainSorry Allan, you gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
• I believe in the constructivist's theory of learning - co-constructing zones for students developing into "expert scholars". Every day we use codes and patterns to communicate and I design my classes to provide students with tools to develop “critical consciousness”, enabling them to generate and develop topics, empowering them with the use of rhetorical (speaking and writing style) techniques, supporting their acquisition (obtaining) of tools to use appropriate organizing principles, helping them develop editing conventions, and assisting them as they build their ability to construct an essay and a research paper.
• I believe an instructor’s job is to introduce students to critical thinking (deconstructing or "reading" their world and texts) and to express that (reflective) thinking using written words (essays) including Socratic dialogue, critical interpretation, analytical techniques, and radical criticism. I am motivated to teach because I believe the change we want to see in society occurs through organic and dynamic systems of high impact learning and through relevant instruction. A great educator prepares for the unexpected and enjoys the adventures of being a teacher. A solid instructor is clear, concise and makes learning relevant. I employ Kinesthetic activities and constructing lessons into my courses to keep students interested and engaged, communicate often, am present in the class in every way, and genuinely care for the education of my students.
• I believe in constructivist's theory of learning
• I believe in co-constructing "expert scholars" zones
• I believe we use codes and patterns to communicate
• I believe we can develop “critical consciousness”
• I believe that our students can and do “read” texts
• I believe that our students can and do create texts
• I believe in Socratic teaching
• I believe in Kinesthic activities to learn
• I believe anything is possible
• I believe GED will become EdD
