The author of this blog is John R. Minton. He is a current graduate student in the Masters of Arts in Teaching program at Augusta University in Augusta, GA. His focus is Secondary Education- History/Social Studies. He earned his Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in History at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale in 2004. He has a passion for the liberal arts and aspires to be a fantastic high school history teacher.
Mr. Minton also enjoys reading and studying archaeology, anthropology, sociology, and the fine arts. He is interested in many different cultures and how they are affected by social forces. His teaching philosophies center around the Constructivist theories of Dewey, Vygotsky, and Bronfenbrenner. He wants students to learn by doing and takes a holistic and humanist approach to teaching. He holds compassion for the marginalized and views social justice through the lens of the Critical Race Theory (CRT). The five tenets of CRT that are commonly agreed upon, although several are most relevant to this chapter: (a) racism is a central and common experience for People of Color in the United States; (b) the racial hierarchy with White people on top serves important functions for distribution of psychological and material resources; and (c) differential racialization and intersections with other identities contribute to a vast diversity of experiences and perspectives across and within racial groups. CRT has been successfully applied to deconstructing master narratives from predominately White perspectives in higher education (Johnston – Guerrero 2016).
This blog is dedicated to the Native Indigenous Tribes of North America and their noble people who are still fighting the struggle against oppression.
Reference
Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2016). Embracing the messiness: Critical and diverse perspectives on racial and ethnic identity development. New Directions For Student Services, 2016(154), 43-55.
Deficits in Native American Education 