CRITICAL LITERACY handout

The third and final assignment for our Critical Literacy paper was to give a presentation to staff at my school, of my learning on this course - with a focus on a key concept surrounding critical literacy. 

I found myself drawn to 'cultural responsiveness' as I felt that it was a component that, along with critical thinking, is the foundation of critical literacy.  Without either, critical literacy would not exist.  I also found that there was much about cultural responsiveness that I hadn't considered and was introduced to during our learning.  On reflection, I found that I was a 'surface proponent' of cultural responsiveness.  I needed to go so much deeper in my practice of this and cultural responsiveness is an area that I feel our school could further develop and deepen in classroom pedagogy across the school.  In giving the presentation to staff, it was all too brief, there was so much to be said, but so little time. 

When I finish my study leave and head back to my school, I will be challenging myself and staff with a more in-depth approach to cultural responsiveness, on a journey to bringing Critical Literacy to the forefront of literacy and inquiry practice at school.  Below is the 'handout' I created for staff to take away with them.  The reason I produced the handout in a digital form, was because I know what it's like to be given handouts at workshops and presentations, and a few months down the track I can't find them - either lost among a pile of other papers or in the bin.  With a DLO, staff can use this to attach on their own reflective blogs and reflect on the learning from the presentation...and it will always be a few clicks away!