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Hey fam! I know y’all have alluded to the fact that faith/religion being taken out of the classroom has had negative consequences. I have questions! #hiphoped 1/2
This idea is really difficult for me to reconcile, as faith/religion is usually only acceptable if it’s some form of Christianity, which seems like a recipe for marginalizing students of other faiths or who aren’t religious. #HipHopEd 2/2
I say to my students every day that Faith is a critical piece of our existence. Faith in someone, something, some idea, is what gets us up in the morning. Let’s not forget the ever-important faith in ourselves! Without faith, we lose the will to fight. #HipHopEd
Revolutions & rebellions are built on hope, a core component of which is faith. Faith In each other, in hip hop culture, in the capacity for lasting change, in democracy, etc. #HipHopEd
Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. The question is where do we place our faith. Beyond religious beliefs, where is our faith when it comes to our students and their futures #HipHopEd
Looking forward to this #hiphoped discussion tonight. Important to note that your faith pedagogy should also be practical, as faith without works is dead.
Every facet of our lives revolves around faith in something. It's what makes us who we are. For education to work, teachers must have faith in their students, and students must have faith in their teachers. #HipHopEd
Wow I have some acronyms to research @amilcook ! :) Unfortunately our country is set up to "demonize" many of those perspectives (I can only IMAGINE the reactions my Mississippi teachers would have if told to incorporate Rasta, others. #hiphoped
Faith Pedagogy challenges us to examine if our faith is misplaced within the systematic process of education that doesn’t garner the prosperous futures that we present to students as a reason to stay in school #HipHopEd
Looking forward to this #hiphoped discussion tonight. Important to note that your faith pedagogy should also be practical, as faith without works is dead.
The most rewarding part of our work comes when students and former students alike come back to us and say “Thank you for always believing in me.” Sounds so cliché , but it’s so true! #HipHopEd
Hip hops roots are very much steeped in the AA church (call & response, testifying, preaching cadence, etc) this is cultural, historical & political #Pentecostalpedagogy#HipHopEd
So are you saying an atheist teacher won't be as effective as one with religion, or that an atheist can possess faith (in their students, etc.)? #HipHopEd
Faith pedagogy is not allowing unconscious bias to disrupt students from learning & growing. I must realize purpose is employed in all students. #hiphoped
If we look back over our lives, we can all identify at least one person that showed a level of faith in our potential before it matched our performance #HipHopEd
I think one of the reasons I took to hip-hop as my guiding educative force as a teenager was because it spoke to an inherent way of being and learning as a person of color, where traditionally cosmology has ALWAYS been connected to epistemology. #HipHopEd
Truth. I’ve seen too many teachers toe the “well, it’s good for them, and they just need to realize it!” line. Students can tell if a school environment promotes their success, or sets them up. #HipHopEd
Faith pedagogy is not allowing unconscious bias to disrupt students from learning & growing. I must realize purpose is employed in all students. #hiphoped
A teacher *must* believe in the genius of his/her students. And must have faith that these pedagogical seeds will take root & blossom. Bcuz we may not get to see it. #HipHopEd
We cannot say “I believe/have faith in you” to our students, then follow that up by giving assignments that do not challenge them to go beyond. That’s not move, my friend #HipHopEd
Faith in our students is rooted in a clear understanding of their perpetual aptitude for brilliance and excellence. It is not so much a blind faith as it is familiarity we have with them, their works and character, and an overall confidence in their abilities. #HipHopEd
Now I can totally "grok" that! I was raised with a very toxic form of Christianity, and honestly am triggered by the idea that a teacher might value a religious answer as "more correct" than a non-religious one -- if that makes sense? #HipHopEd
I taught a student who would constantly tell me "You're doing great, Mr. Joshua!" She didn't know how much I came to love that reassurance. Just to know she had faith in me and what I was doing was awesome, and I'm the grown up! Kids need that same constant reassurance. #HipHopEd
We can’t help others until we learn to help ourselves. As an educator I believe in constant and thorough self-reflection to ready ourselves for emotionally laden work with young people #HipHopEd
Faith in education and schooling is also about faith in “the process” and everything that assembles to make teaching, meaning and learning happen. #HipHopEd
I wouldn't be who I am if I didn't have the love & support of my teachers. They believed in me when I couldn't believe in myself. I was diagnosed in 3rd grade with Dysgraphia & ADHD school was so difficult but my teachers never gave up on me, so I never gave up on them. #HipHopEd
If we look back over our lives, we can all identify at least one person that showed a level of faith in our potential before it matched our performance #HipHopEd
We cannot say “I believe/have faith in you” to our students, then follow that up by giving assignments that do not challenge them to go beyond. That’s not the move, my friend #HipHopEd
Faith pedagogy is not allowing unconscious bias to disrupt students from learning & growing. I must realize purpose is employed in all students. #hiphoped
Same goes for saying we have faith and then letting them live and die by a broken grading system. If we really have faith in our kids, we should go the extra mile to ensure their success! #HipHopEd
It's important that as educators we understand that parents put a lot of faith in us to return their kids back to them better than when they came. #HipHopEd
Students cannot have high self-efficacy in their ability to display academic brilliance unless we have an unwavering faith in their innate intellect #HipHopEd
We cannot say “I believe/have faith in you” to our students, then follow that up by giving assignments that do not challenge them to go beyond. That’s not the move, my friend #HipHopEd
Exactly as @tdj6899 and @chrisemdin have said. The beauty of faith is that it comes in so many forms! Faith, to me, is something that is felt, and it’s not necessarily in something supernatural. As teachers we must have faith in our efficacy, our profession, and our ss #HipHopEd
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@mnemognose, @tdj6899, @tdj6899, @chrisemdin
I am seeing this right now as I step back into the classroom. It is clear that students have not felt the faith & it has dampened their faith in themselves, working to turn that around for my students! #HipHopEd
This means: working thru your biases, healing your traumas so you don't project them, developing healthy boundaries, & having a self-care practice that includes accountability. Do your emotional labor so your students don't have to do it for you. #hiphopedhttps://t.co/JTokepMnbg
We can’t help others until we learn to help ourselves. As an educator I believe in constant and thorough self-reflection to ready ourselves for emotionally laden work with young people #HipHopEd
Faith in our own ideas, and, no doubt, faith/deep belief that we have the obligation to hold fellow educators accountable for coming sideways in and out the classroom #hiphoped
If we want students to see success in the face of doubt, low self-esteem, rigor, and/or systemic racism, it would be hypocritical for us not to keep our own faith tanks full as we face our own negative elements #HipHopEd
Few things get a brother more emotional than a student coming back YEARS later and saying “Thank you for believing in me” ...listen here...y’all have to excuse me for a moment #HipHopEd
I think all educators should lose faith in that message and instead examine what it looks like to be a purposeful disruptor ala MLK, X, Gandhi, Angela Davis, Ida B. Wells, etc... #hiphoped
Students cannot have high self-efficacy in their ability to display academic brilliance unless we have an unwavering faith in their innate intellect #HipHopEd
This is why we have to have to faith because we don't get to see the harvest for every seed that we plant but yet we show up everyday to til the land and plant #HipHopEd
Few things get a brother more emotional than a student coming back YEARS later and saying “Thank you for believing in me” ...listen here...y’all have to excuse me for a moment #HipHopEd
This faith pedagogy also revolves around teaching students that God creates humans as equal, yet unique, and allowing someone to treat you less than human is a sin. #HipHopEd
This reminds me of @joboaler mathematical mindsets - telling students you believe in their potential to learn and grow mathematically is essential #HipHopEd
Alright I'm on board, THANKS y'all! I was really feeling lots of uncomfortable stuff, but that was my fault -- I assumed religion and supernatural elements, which is not the faith you're talking about. These explanations make a lot of sense & describe how I feel about #HipHopEd !
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@NealPaulSchick, @tdj6899, @chrisemdin
For me, my faith is rooted in my Christianity but this doesn't limit my capacity to love unconditionally; it requires it, because I am forever the recipient of it! #HipHopEd
Students crave adults in their life who have the utmost faith in them. I've had students who were ready to give up, acted super annoyed and bothered when I refused to lose faith in them, and then eventually rise to the challenge. Faith promotes greatness! #HipHopEd
Put Your Faith in the Students & THEIR Experience:
Notice the things (the phenomena) that pique their interests. What emotions and questions surface for them? Then, work from there #FaithPedagogy#hiphoped#FaithinACTION
Isn’t that the truth. Can’t tell you how many times my relationships with students shifted for the better when a “seemingly insignificant” interaction happened, but in those moments, faith is established. The student already knows this, and hopefully the teacher follows #HipHopEd
Put Your Faith in the Students & THEIR Experience:
Notice the things (the phenomena) that pique their interests. What emotions and questions surface for them? Then, work from there #FaithPedagogy#hiphoped#FaithinACTION
Yes to this! My Christianity also constantly reminds me of grace & how I can put that into practice when interacting with students, families, other teachers, & even myself. #HipHopEd
For me, my faith is rooted in my Christianity but this doesn't limit my capacity to love unconditionally; it requires it, because I am forever the recipient of it! #HipHopEd
Self-reflection is critical for #educators. We have to know and be aware of the type of energy that we bring into the classroom space. @ChathamED#HipHopEd
We can’t help others until we learn to help ourselves. As an educator I believe in constant and thorough self-reflection to ready ourselves for emotionally laden work with young people #HipHopEd
There are spiritual principles that influence the natural; an example is that faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God. What do your students hear when you speak to them? #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd is taking the time to talk with your students and write with your students after they curse you out when society says you should suspend them. #HipHopEd is seeing beyond the moment, knowing there is something more going on in that child’s life that we cannot see.
I wish more teachers would realize that teaching students to test well in mathematics is not academic rigor & is not really teaching students mathematics. Testing students to death & data-driven classrooms demonstrate low faith in students #HipHopEd
Faith pedagogy requires us to uplift everyone and hold each other accountable. It's imperative in the adult learning community, esp in schools. The kind of teacher you will become is directly related to the kind of teachers you associate with. #hiphoped
don’t agree with all the lyrics but this chat topic sent me back to ’95 + the Killah Priest joint on Liquid Swords: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (B.I.B.L.E.)
https://t.co/Y5irChCO7B#HipHopEd
Loving unconditionally is such a big piece. Every one of our students acts the way they do in an attempt to communicate something to us. If we come from a place of unconditional love, we have a much better chance of understanding their intent. #hiphoped
Do you have faith in the curricula that you teach? Do you have faith in your ability to reach the students who have been labeled "hard to reach?" #HipHopEd
It's interesting considering the concept of #FaithPedagogy as I'm currently a graduate student studying #edpolicy.
Reflecting on my beliefs from my years in the classroom & how they're actively working in this new line of work for Ss. Ss must stay at the center. #HipHopEd
Teachers also need to have faith in themselves as systems & institutions often try to steal or crush notions of independence, competency & self esteem. #HipHopEd
Have #faith that there is Light within our students and in the fact that our job is to support them and normalize the #awkwardness of deciding to allow their #Light to shine #HipHopEd#faithpedagogy
When you hear youngins say they wanna grow up to play pro ball, don't discourage them with the mathematical odds against them, confirm their commitment to playing ball all the way thru college #Faith#HipHopEd
Thank you so much! I try to remind my students everyday I believe in them, just like my teachers/professors did! You and this amazing #HipHopEd community have supported me so much as young educator, restoring my faith in myself!
A word about sin. When we don't teach youth to separate the sin from the sinner, we end up with hate. A politician does something we don't like, he's dumb, mean, racist, evil, etc. Instead of just wrong on this thing. #HipHopEd
This is so so so so important, and kids are BLOWN away when you tell them they know more than you about something. They become so eager to speak about it and so engaged in the learning process. Teachers gotta have faith in their students to let their voices be heard. #HipHopEd
Posing this very question to my teachers tomorrow. Might group text it over to them now so they can begin thinking about it. TY Tim. ~~What do your students hear when you speak to them?~ #HipHopEd
When the promised results of getting an education are eroding where do we place our faith in the educational process to engage our students and to keep our sanity and focus as educators? #HipHopEd
Yes! Trying to set an example for my colleagues this year. As they are just making it through each day, all of my days have been great & I am energized each day that I get to engage with my students #HipHopEd
Yes!! And I constantly remind my students to call me out when I’m not doing the best as a I possibly can, just as I remind them they must continue to be the best student and human being they possibly can #hiphoped
Thank you and imagine if this question could be placed to Administrators by asking them what do their teachers hear when they speak to them and then let's take it to the parents #HipHopEd
I’d like to propose that that’s when you need faith the most. When it seems like you’ve tried e v e r y t h i n g and you have nothing left, then what? #hiphoped
what is an educators’ role in helping students determine when to have faith and when not to?
...i think we can agree that to survive + thrive students need to have faith in some ppl + institutions and NOT in others. how do we help them navigate this?
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It's orientation season at our college. I believe that above all the institutional support students receive - They (the students) are the the largest player in their transformation. #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd#FaithPedagogy The only belief I have is in self bc nothing exists outside I only believe in what I know without a shadow of doubt... this is how I show students to believe in their self
Students should first and foreMOST hear Love when teachers speak. If you don’t love them and believe in every part of their purpose and potential then you do not belong in front of them. #HipHopEd
Have #faith that there is Light within our students and in the fact that our job is to support them and normalize the #awkwardness of deciding to allow their #Light to shine #HipHopEd#faithpedagogy
True! And spiritual, non-scientific perspectives are often demonized (a great read including this is Gloria Anzaldúa's chapter on conocimiento, h/t @GinaAnnGarcia !) #HipHopEd
Posing this very question to my teachers tomorrow. Might group text it over to them now so they can begin thinking about it. TY Tim. ~~What do your students hear when you speak to them?~ #HipHopEd
Yes. To. This.
Give students the opportunity to take the mic. This act in and of itself builds faith for the student in him/herself and builds his/her faith in you for sharing the spotlight. #HipHopEd
Yes to this! My Christianity also constantly reminds me of grace & how I can put that into practice when interacting with students, families, other teachers, & even myself. #HipHopEd
For me, my faith is rooted in my Christianity but this doesn't limit my capacity to love unconditionally; it requires it, because I am forever the recipient of it! #HipHopEd
Students should then hear Life when teachers speak. EVERYTHING that is new, present, now, positive, free, depth, breadth, song, sound and rhythm in everything. #HipHopEd
Our actions are the best evidence of where our faith actually lays. May our actions as educators show our belief in truly transformation ed and not reifying oppression.#HipHopEd
Having been raised in Apartheid South Africa - all my k-12 teachers were of my skin color. They knew me and saw my humanity way before I even knew it existed.#HipHopEd
I can see a powerful lesson from this in the classroom. If you have the class culture where students feel free to share their minds, start a discussion. Ask them: do you have faith in your school, and do you believe your school has faith in you? Take notes! #HipHopEd
I’d like to propose that that’s when you need faith the most. When it seems like you’ve tried e v e r y t h i n g and you have nothing left, then what? #hiphoped
A word about sin. When we don't teach youth to separate the sin from the sinner, we end up with hate. A politician does something we don't like, he's dumb, mean, racist, evil, etc. Instead of just wrong on this thing. #HipHopEd
Students should first and foreMOST hear Love when teachers speak. If you don’t love them and believe in every part of their purpose and potential then you do not belong in front of them. #HipHopEd
This is why new teachers are tested. Students don’t care how long you’ve been at the game. They want to know “will you keep showing up, or will you leave me?” It’s a question of faith. #hiphoped
Some call it critical thinking, in other contexts its discernment and in another it's judging a person by the fruit that they bear #HipHopEd It's not absolute like math but it's an equation
Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are of virtue, THINK and SPEAK on these things. This is the foundation of faith pedagogy to me. #hiphoped
As educators we have to have faith enough in our students to know that those who need our help and suppprt the most sometimes ask for it in the most unkind ways...and we got push through regardless ... that’s deep faith #HipHopEd
Even looking at how faith shaped the music of kanye and hov and Lauryn. There is so much to dive into. Heck even busta, and Talib, and weezy!! #hiphoped#FaithPedagogy
As Nas once quipped, "I know I can be what I want to be." Played that line everyday to my students as they walked into class, to help them reaffirm their self belief https://t.co/gAGkJxtpKh belief in them #HipHopEd
FAITH & LOVE: We need to move beyond seeing young people as "future" economic assets. Many intelligent, shrewd, crafty folks had boots on the necks of our people.
How might we develop the capacity for understanding, redemptive, & creative love? #FaithPedagogy#HipHopEd
such a good point, brother. and in this digital age, some versions of presence + consistency can be virtual + purchased by corporate entities (or whoever is the highest bidder). helping students decipher this is crucial.
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Question for you public school educators who are religious. Do you struggle at all with not being able to express your religion in your place of work, and how do you overcome that struggle if you do? #HipHopEd
Yep, lots of frenemies and enemies are VERY present and consistent -- I think we have to model "problematic behavior identification" followed by "here's how to protect yourself". #HipHopEd
See a therapist. Build relationships with colleagues who'll be honest with you. Find a mentor. Be willing to be uncomfortable. Do the internal work daily and consciously. #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd I believe we are consciousness (the source) in human form... basically they are young Gods... or children of the Supreme Mind and inseparable.
Faith pedagogy is creating the atmosphere and building the relationships to allow ppl to be vulnerable, hold ppl accountable, and allow for truth and transparency. #hiphoped
When stats and proposed achievement gaps cause you to dig deeper into what moves you as an educator then you are operating in your #FaithPedagogy#HipHopEd
HH allows us to examine faith from a spiritual, political, and social perspective. Do we have faith in our culture to be the solution to some of the ills we rap about?
#hiphoped#FaithPedagogy
Have #faith that there is Light within our students and in the fact that our job is to support them and normalize the #awkwardness of deciding to allow their #Light to shine #HipHopEd#faithpedagogy
Shoutout to the big bro @chrisemdin for having faith in me, during moments where I didn’t have faith in myself. Forever grateful my dude #TheWork#hiphoped
...could be interesting to work with students in a math class (or otherwise) to develop and (over time) tweak an actual written equation to assess the factors at play...
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Some call it critical thinking, in other contexts its discernment and in another it's judging a person by the fruit that they bear #HipHopEd It's not absolute like math but it's an equation
So true. Especially in schools with high turnover. Will you leave us like the others? That’s why we must be grounded in our WHY. Your mission must be bigger than the moment. #HipHopEd
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@NealPaulSchick, @chrisemdin, @husslington
Faith pedagogy is not minimizing your standards. As I heard a wise man say, "Standards will always offend the one who doesn't want to be measured." #hiphoped
So true. Especially in schools with high turnover. Will you leave us like the others? That’s why we must be grounded in our WHY. Your mission must be bigger than the moment. #HipHopEd
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@NealPaulSchick, @chrisemdin, @husslington
My first time nervously spitting in a cypher, and being unconditionally embraced by a group of strangers, instilled an unwavering faith in the power, potential, and beauty of hip hop #HipHopEd
This is EXACTLY what Im facing as a student teacher right now! #HipHopEd But I struggled with this the most during my past experiences only observe and teach once a week over the semester..I felt they didn't trust me. Lack of a consistent interaction everyday #HipHopEd
This is why new teachers are tested. Students don’t care how long you’ve been at the game. They want to know “will you keep showing up, or will you leave me?” It’s a question of faith. #hiphoped
When faith works both ways, we can love and hold our students accountable, and they’re not suspicious of our motives. We can get real with them, and they appreciate that we take the time to do so. #HipHopEd
Let's be clear we have to evaluate where our faith is anchored because in many communities the houses of worship and the houses of learning have failed the people #HipHopEd
This is why new teachers are tested. Students don’t care how long you’ve been at the game. They want to know “will you keep showing up, or will you leave me?” It’s a question of faith. #hiphoped
Faith in our students isn’t just believing in their potential but also believing their stories and their issues with education. Even if that issue is us. We have to also always believe we can be better #HipHopEd
This is how the #HipHopEd community TRULY exercises as #FaithPedagogy....this is the #Work that strengthens everyone who initiates the energy to undertake it
In every realm of education, there are way too many people invested in gatekeeping and policing what and who can be considered “brilliant.” Yet there is no one space or people that has a monopoly on brilliance. #hiphoped
Right! Is any part of our belief system anchored in a deficit perspective, or is it rooted in a love for community and faith in every student's potential to be their best self? #HipHopEd
Amen! Designers of oppression had to be intentional to suppress spirit cuz the spirit wants freedom. #HipHopEd is a way to let ourselved and our students get free.
Maybe i'm unclear what you mean by balance. If you're putting students in a situation where they're doing emotional labor for you, that's unfair to them (and unethical). Work your stuff out with a mental health professional so students can be students. #hiphoped
Our faith has to be anchored is self actualization and cooperative economics. No matter what religion we claim, those facts are immutable. IMO #hiphoped#FaithPedagogy
That "written equation" you spelled out? THAT's a regression equation, in a nutshell. If only more stats teachers spelled it out so eloquently as you did :) #HipHopEd
Watched it Sunday night and am showing it to some of my classes. The episode and facilitator guides on the #AmericatoMe real talk page are phenomenal as well! #hiphoped
Today is August 28th, so 55 years ago Dr. King expressed a faith in the capacity of people and a call for accountability of a country #HipHopEd#FaithPedagogy
We did a lesson in my Sunday school class where we aligned MC's with their faith based on their lyrics and then used that to introduce a study to the various faiths of the world #hiphoped#FaithPedagogy
On Friday I reminded my students, I'm their teacher too (student teaching). I told them about my disabilities & the reason why I wanted to be a teacher was to prove to students they can do anything. I revealed myself & my faith in them to try to gain their faith in me #HipHopEd
Tonight's cypher has been so powerful, so I didn't want to say this in the middle of it and get us off topic, but as we wrap up until next week if anyone has any suggestions on how to make math culturally relevant I'd be very appreciative! #HipHopEd
During an exit interview, a former manager asked me why what I did worked so well with my students. My first answer was that "I love them and make sure they know it." Other instructors had the same curriculum but not the heart part. #HipHopEd#SpreadLove
