While reading through the caring article, I found myself wondering why the article was focused specifically on the Latino population. It seems that the whole idea behind the article could be applied to all students, not specifically the Latino population.
While it is true that the minorities may run into more issues with genuinely caring teachers due to a cultural disconnect, I feel as though true care of the students is something that this article should be pushing for ALL students. It has positive effects for all students to feel as though they are cared about, and the sentiment that teachers only care about teaching is likely not only seen in the Latino population.
So while I agree with what the article is trying to get across, I just felt that it could have focused more on care overall, with some added attention to the minority populations and the challenges they face, instead of being entirely focused on them, and ignoring the majority populations in the equation. Are they feeling the same things? It's hard to tell in this article.
Hi Matt,
ReplyDeleteYou observed a gap with this article that went further than my own. One critique I had was that of gender. The author never provided observations / findings that contrasted the girls to the boys.
And, as you point out, the CRT/LatCrit and Theory of Care model or frame could very well be applied to ALL students.
The only thing I could conclude was that this study was part of a larger one, perhaps. This is, of course, speculation.
Also, I wish I had read the article after the Chapter. It definetly would have put it "in a certain context." Oh well . . .
Thanks for seeing beyond my own (smaller) critique.
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