Course Outline

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Introduction to "Ditching Deficit Ideology: The First Step Toward Cultivating an Equity Commitment"

  • 2

    Chapter 2: Deficit Ideology and Its Impact

    • Introduction to Chapter 2

    • Reading: "Reexamining Beliefs about Students in Poverty"

    • Video Lesson: Understanding Deficit Ideology

    • Equity Exercise: Recognizing Deficit Ideology
  • 3

    Chapter 3: If Not Deficit Ideology, then What?

    • Introduction to Chapter 3

    • Video Lesson: If Not Deficit Ideology, What?

    • Equity Exercise: Deficit, Grit, and Structural Ideology
  • 4

    Chapter 4: Cultivating Structural/Equity Ideology in Ourselves and Our Colleagues

    • Equity Exercise: Structural/Equity Ideology

    • Video Lesson: Cultivating the Structural/Equity Impulse

  • 5

    Chapter 5: Applying the Structural/Equity Lens to a Real-Life School Scenario

    • Reading: "Family Night" Case Study

    • Equity Exercise: Discussing "Family Night"

    • Mini-Equity-Exercise: What will you do?
  • 6

    Chapter 6: Groovy Resources and Wrapping Up