Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Extended: Ethnic Pedagogies

Abstract

As a subset of culturally sustaining pedagogy, ethnic pedagogies enlarge the repertoire of teachers addressing the instructional needs of many different students. Specific descriptions with grade 5–12 instructional illustrations are provided for call-and-response learning approach from the African-American religious tradition and havruta, which is sustained partner text study from the Jewish tradition. These approaches may increase oral and textual comprehension in a range of classrooms, engage unmotivated students, and enhance democratic learning environments.