A Talk with Jeff Duncan Andrade Radical Educator

Host: Radical Teachers Alliance

Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: Cervantes & Velasquez Conference Room at the Bay Tree Conference Center near the bookstore at UCSC.

City/Town: Santa Cruz, CA

Phone: 7143172758

Email: Better.Read_Rev [at] yahoo.com


Wednesday July 8th Jeff Duncan-Andrade is coming to Santa Cruz to speak to the MA students, fellow educators, and community members. This is going to be an amazing event where we will engage with ideas of critical pedagogy, student identity and education in urban settings. This is an opportunity to discuss ideas of theory connecting with actual classroom practices--we educators taking action to work towards equitable and empowering educational spaces.

He will be presenting on his work : Gangstas, Wankstas, and Ridas: defining, developing, and supporting effective
teachers in urban schools


Prepare some questions and curiosities, let your friends know about the event. This event has been in waiting for a long time and we would love to see you here to show your support and hear some amazing ideas about teaching for social justice.

Please RSVP if you would like to come so that we can get a count of how many people will be attending and plan the space accordingly. (this is really important because of the limited space in certain locations)

JEFF DUNCAN-ANDRADE BIO

Bio

Jeffrey Michael Reies Duncan-Andrade, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Raza Studies and Education Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies, and Co-Director of the Educational Equity Initiative at San Francisco State University’s Cesar Chavez Institute (http://cci.sfsu.edu/taxonomy/term/28). In addition to these duties, he teaches a 12th grade English Literature class at Oasis Community High School (Oakland, CA) where he continues his research into the uses of critical pedagogy in urban schools. Before joining the faculty at SFSU, Duncan-Andrade taught English and coached in the Oakland public schools for 10 years, and completed his doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Duncan-Andrade’s research interests and publications span the areas of urban schooling and curriculum change, urban teacher development and retention, critical pedagogy, and cultural and ethnic studies. He has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on the conditions of urban education, urban teacher support and development, and effective pedagogy in urban settings. He recently completed a co-authored book on effective uses of critical pedagogy in the secondary classroom with Peter Lang Publishing and is finishing a second book on the core competencies of highly effective urban educators with Routledge Press.


Here is a link to his work if you want to check it out
http://cci.sfsu.edu/taxonomy/term/68