Creating Equitable Mathematics Achievement with Dr. Pamela Seda

03/25/21 • 58 min

Dr. Pamela Seda has been a math educator for over 30 years. She works as the K-12 Math Coordinator for Griffin/Spalding County Schools in Georgia. Dr. Seda is also the owner of Seda Educational Consulting.

Karen worked with Pam last summer on an Equity in Education Webinar, in partnership with Casio Education and TODOS Math for All, where Dr. Seda shared her “ICUCAREr” framework and talked about making mathematics a more equitable experience for all students to be successful, and thought it would be beneficial for you to have Dr. Seda join us and share more about her framework and her diverse teaching experiences that support equity in education.

The 7 parts of her I.C.U.C.A.R.E framework represent the seven principles for equity pedagogy:

Include others as experts
(be) Critically Conscious
Understand your students well
(use) Culturally relevant curricula
Assess, Active and build on prior knowledge
Release control
Expect more

Dr. Seda explores each of the 7 principles in-depth with us and shares both examples and stories of how these principles promote the learning and teaching of mathematics from an equitable approach.

Some of the themes that emerged in our conversation were understanding your students, allowing students to be ‘experts’, and building an environment so that students are free to learn on their own and discover mathematics.

To learn more about Dr. Seda and for full show notes, including links to all the resources mentioned in the episode please visit 180days.education

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The 7 parts of her I.C.U.C.A.R.E framework represent the seven principles for equity pedagogy:

Include others as experts
(be) Critically Conscious
Understand your students well
(use) Culturally relevant curricula
Assess, Active and build on prior knowledge
Release control
Expect more

Dr. Seda explores each of the 7 principles in-depth with us and shares both examples and stories of how these principles promote the learning and teaching of mathematics from an equitable approach.

To learn more about Dr. Seda and for full show notes, including links to all the resources mentioned in the episode please visit 180days.education

You can also connect with us on Facebook and Twitter or subscribe to our newsletter to stay connected!

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Rights of the Learner - Rehumanizing Classrooms with Olga G. Torres

Olga G. Torres has been a bilingual elementary educator for over 40 years and a mathematics educator for over 25 years. She works as a Mathematics Education Consultant with the Marilyn Burns Education Associates/Math Solutions. Olga has been the recipient of many awards, including the 1995 Presidential Award of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Education. She is a teacher leader for CEMAL (Center for Mathematics Education of Latino/as), where she works with Dr. Marta Civil at the University of Arizona.

Karen worked with Olga last summer on an Equity in Education Webinar, in partnership with Casio Education and TODOS Math for All, where Olga shared her “Rights of the Learner” framework and talked about rehumanizing the math classroom, so though it would be a wonderful experience to have Olga join us and to share more about her framework and her diverse teaching experiences that support equity in education.

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