“Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better”
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro
Are we, as modern-day learners, able to decipher truth from falsehoods in our digital society?
How does each of us synthesize new information to create our own knowledge?
Consciousness is our natural state of being “woke”- aware of oneself and responding to one’s surroundings. As physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual beings, we must seek to have a conscious approach to interpreting, processing, and responding to stimuli. As educators, we must convey the thought that sparks our learners and engages them in intellectual exploration.
Dr. Carole’s Conscious corner is a platform for research, philosophical arguments, and opinion statements that stimulate relevant thought and exchange in the educational community.
Race remains a socially constructed category that defines how we are classified and quantified. With the undeniable existence of racism from a social level, racial stigmatization is deeply embedded in our society.
Liberatory minded leaders, seek to see in totality. The colloquialism “I see you” rings true when leaders perform through an equity lens. They show true regard for students. In French, regarder means to watch, to look, to consider.
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