The moment Dr. Crum thanked her 2nd-grade teacher just made me realize how important a teacher is in a child's life. Education should not be based on race and as a future teacher, I will try my best to reach the level of Miss Whitehurst! ENGL 4338

@eunicejones7900

2 жыл бұрын

Are you a teacher now?

Some of the interactions i've had with my teachers fueled my motivation to become that type of person for someone else. Teachers can be very inspiring, helpful, motivating and can become a person that we can rely on and i want to also be that type of teacher to another child.

ENGL 4338: I loved that Dr. Crum mentioned how the microscopic interactions with teachers can affect students. I'm sure most of us remember a negative interaction with a teacher, and no matter how hard we try to forget and let go, that memory creeps up on us.

@kazinamimi

4 жыл бұрын

Odalis Robles - The event is a seed planted in the brain. Our experiences thereafter can nurture, prune or even uproot that "event". But our memories are a part of us and have the power to shape, curtail or inform our actions and choices.

I agree with so many other commenters....one of the BEST...one of the most necessary....THANK YOU for this talk. As a teacher educator in Florida, I struggle with how to teach a course in educational assesment knowing the bias and racism behind (in front?) of assessment policies and the assessments themselves....Yet when I work with artists and museum educators (as a program evaluator), I see such hope and promise...

I would love to see more of this presenter! Simply awesome.

I feel like this video really helps those who can't relate understand how important it is to be fair and equal in our educational system.

My professor from my Teaching Secondary School Literature class asked us to watch this and I am so thankful he did; this is so crucial and important because many students who are treated prejudicially by the teachers will begin to believe those lies and can lower their self esteem as students and as human beings.

ENGL 4338: Teachers are often a students hero. They are the ones who students look up to one day be as good as them. They are like a second family to a child, so anything that happens in class with them is always going to create a great impact.

Beautiful! Thank you for this very important presentation! This should be part of all Teacher Preparation Programs and offered as PD for teachers already in-service, as well!

ENGL 4338: This video places academics and teachers in a new light. I've never had a negative experience in school, but as a future teacher, I now realize that I should help to avoid this for my students.

engl 4338: Understanding that's what I get from this video, not just from her message but the understanding that to be good teacher you need to really to understand your students.

ENGL 4338: It shows how an interaction/comment can affect the student. Even to the littlest thing, its a lasting impact.

ENGL 4338: This TED talk really hit hard. The need to keep students safe and make the school environment a respecting place. No one wants to have any negative experiences in school. Educators need to be mindful of their actions and words in their classroom. Being open to multicultural, racial, and gender diversities is important.

This is probably one of the best Ted Talks i have Heard. The context itself was timely, The way it was presented gave practical solutions for change.Bravo to this Lady. wish more TedX talks were structured like this!

@missyc01

9 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks so much Kenneth. I really appreciate your feedback!

@shamanizing

9 жыл бұрын

Melissa Crum Your welcome.Great Message! very inspiring and well thought out.

@TheTrinity5

6 жыл бұрын

activity to use in class when teaching the carbon cycle to kids

@niyoyishura

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

ENGL 4338-91L (Fall 2020): Dr. Crum is right; we all have that one teacher who inspired us or motivated us in a way we won't forget. As present or future educators, we need to break the cycle of culture/diverse biases and instead create an environment that is inclusive to all.

Great message, I hope people get it and understand that our educational system still needs work on equality education.

@missyc01

9 жыл бұрын

Indi B Thank you! :-D

Awesome and on point Dr. Crum. Thank you for sharing your story!

Thank you for sharing Melissa

Maria Salmon- ENGL 4338: This goes to show how much work still needs to be done in the education system. As a future educator, I want to create an environment that welcomes all cultural backgrounds and values equality!

ENGL-4338: I feel that it is really important for teachers to get rid of their biases. They really can affect students and bring them down and that is something that should not happen. Students need to feel love and support from their teachers. In feeling this they will be motivated to do and be great students. I love that Dr. Crum, thanked her teacher after all of this time and was impacted by her in such a great way.

ENGL 4338: Melissa is an incredible speaker! She kept me entertained and allowed me to add powerful and impactful ideas to create a better safe space for everyone. Equality is freedom and that is nothing more than I want for my students. I want them to be able to express themselves in any way or form that they wish and make she they are given the information necessary for their future. Overall, she was really inspiring.

ENGL 4338: Dr. Crum is a very inspiring woman who went to great lengths to create a better learning environment for her own child and alongside with others who decided to join her. In reality, she shouldn't have had to go to these lengths so that professional educators wouldn't have bias towards any race or gender or etc. Educators should be able to work in a diverse environment without any bias towards students. She is amazing and did an amazing job.

@hannahhart4854

2 жыл бұрын

what university are you from? seems like this course has been using this video for awhile! :) I'm here thx to UWEC

Very appropriate subject matter. Very well presented TED talk. Our words have power: power to build up, encourage and also can destroy someone's self confidence. Our education system is amazing. Our kids need not only highly qualified teachers, but also mindful and kind teachers. 5/1/20 MDCPS - online training for support personnel during school closures due to covid19.

Awesome presentation! This helped me greatly in my PSY class on dealing with implicit bias. ~Melissa~

ENGL4338: Dr. Crum delves into the challenge of teaching students from a separate cultural background, and shares her vulnerable story about her own experiences with a teacher who helped rather than hurt. This is extremely significant, especially as diversity increases in school settings. In the RGV, our primary population is Hispanic, which has definitely held a notable impact on cultural sensitivity in teaching. I'm glad the issue is being discussed and more people are becoming aware of these problems so as to better teach their future students.

ENGL 4338: Even if we have not been exposed to it personally, or seen it first hand, favoritism/unequality due to whatever reason happens in classrooms all the time. It is important as teachers, to be considerate and mindful of our comments towards our future students.

Best TED TALKS ever, love the implementation of art!

So happy this is a topic on the table now

ENGL 4338: I believe in order to be a good educator and teacher, we must be aware to the differences within our students and make sure that we are accommodating for these students.

Melissa Crum brings light to the audience about certain educational standards are expected by race. Every student has a chance to make of themselves and we can always encourage as educators to guide them no matter what race we should expect no less from one or another, we dont see it here in the Valley as much but its out there.

ENGL 4338-90L: This is truly such an important presentation. It is so important to understand that this is still an ongoing issue in many schools, future educators such as myself need to work hard on changing this mindset.

Absolutely outstanding exploration of conceptual thinking, subliminal processing -that i it s something we need to recognize more of, because of the ramifications. This artwork activity, and the power of art to tell so much, is such a valuable component. Thank you! Very well thought out and sincere lifelong learning and lessons provided a deeper, yet present, walk forward!

I am preparing for a PD and was in need of a bridge to connect what we believe as educators and how that transfers into the relationships we have with our students. I screamed and clapped while watching you because you said what I have been trying to articulate without fear. Thank you! My novel (I am the Children I Teach) is raw and requires us to think about what we want to forget, especially during our own childhood; but creeps outs in our classrooms.I prayed and asked for wisdom and I found this TED talk. Thank you so much!!!

@dr.melissacrum9455

7 жыл бұрын

You warm my heart Tonya! Thank you for the great work you do!

Wonderful and important presentation! Watched on April 28, 2020.

@niyoyishura

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

ENGL 4338-90L (Valezka Cantu): This video is eye-opening because you'd really expect teachers to treat their students equally. As a future teacher, I want all of my students to know that they are all smart, no matter what anyone tells them. Teachers are extremely underrated and no one really appreciates how much of an impact teachers truly have on a student. If a teacher ever said anything negative to a student, that negative comment will stick with them forever.

Excellent! Administrators and teachers can learn a plethora of things from this Ted Talk.

It's disappointing how some educational systems and teachers base a students worth and educational limits solely on thier race or culture. Hopefully more teachers will begin to change this mindset in the future.

ENGL 4338. She is a very smart individual. I am an art advocate and was surprised to see her questioning of a person's point of view through a picture. Being questioned without being threatening opens the door for self vulnerability. It would be interesting to have a teacher training to remove bias or be aware of prejudice. You cannot have a diverse room and be all inclusive with prejudice.

Awesome speaker. Watched 4/15/20 (MDCPS)9292

ENGL 4338: I loved Dr. Crum's way of explaining the importance of a teacher's role in a student's life and how much of an influence we have on a child's way of thinking when it comes to their potential.

AWESOME!!! So insightful

ENGL-4338-90L: This video was very touching in so many levels. The bias created in the classroom is a major factor in the achievement gap between mainstream and diverse students. Having different goals for each race is not differentiating instruction. However, exposing those biases in the current educational system and adapting the content to a culturally relevant context is what would neutralize the achievement gap.

ENGL 4338: Dr Melissa Crum really makes a great point in how students are aware that comments can go a very long way. In her experience, racism exists in the education system, even if it may be in subtle ways. Educators really need to be aware that diversity exists and even if one does not share the same cultural background, one shall not EVER discriminate.

Thank you so much for sharing this insightful, sincere Ted Talk. I am an ESL teacher and graduate school student, I also had the distinct opportunity to attend an intensive cultural diversity training offered in our school district. The author of this talk does an exquisite job, introducing the necessity for self-analysis and self-reflection through bias education. This is also an excellent introduction into the school to prison pipeline and how we can create more inclusive systems to prevent this.

@dr.melissacrum9455

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-D

Excellent Presentation!!!!

This is a wonderful TED Talk! We're about to approach this on a large scale on my campus. This will be my introduction. Thank you!

@lemot6008

7 жыл бұрын

Astrya Richard

@missyc01

7 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear that :-)

@TheXoAli

6 жыл бұрын

Astrya Richard I am currently writing a piece about the problem of diversity in schools across the US. I would love to speak to you about your experiences on your campus!

ENGL 4338: Given how the 2020 year is playing out, I think that more than ever we need to protect all our students and treat EVERYONE with the utmost respect. Everyone needs to learn that saying things like "for your kind" is not okay and should never be used.

ENGH 4338 (Brandy Saavedra): I find Dr. Crum's work inspiring and powerful in changing the system that has deep rooted internalized feelings towards diverse students. Breaking that stigma and creating an educational sphere in which students feel safe, accepted and comfortable in their academic career. Teacher/Educators are fundamental builders towards student development in many ways and this eye opening message and method for breaking the barrier show how together we can make the classroom equal. Using art to help in this transformation in the system is even more unique as it brings a different side for bring results. I 100% enjoyed this video!

Thank you

ENGL 4338-91L: It is true what they say that racism is taught, not born with. That is why educators are such important figures in our life because they are the ones who are teaching us the history of knowledge itself. The fact that teachers can just change a students outlook is amazing, so it is heartbreaking that teachers make the lowest income. Even though they are the creator of many bright young minds, they are not treated as such.

This presentation is great and very helpful for both my preservice course work and plans for my future classroom. The image shared around 8:45 in the video was powerful and the responses were disappointing. However, recognizing those themes and partaking in the dialogue mentioned in this presentation will help resolve this issue over time. The multicultural critical reflective process is inspiring and I have taken notes and will research further.

ENGL 4338-90L: Great way to start the speech... observation and contrast of both teachers. Very informative, especially learning of the 3 types of teacher diversity training.

Wow! This was powerful. Something to think about and use in our school.

@dr.melissacrum9455

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

ENGL 4338: As a future educator I think it is extremely important for teachers to recognize the cultural differences in their students and embrace them because in order to make their students ready to learn they need to feel comfortable and safe.

4338 It seems the historical trend of assimilation and tolerance is still exercised within the classroom. Teachers must challenge their own biases in order to accept students' diverse backgrounds as well as raise their potential.

I would love to more about the homeschool cooperative that was developed.

It's funny because before I came into this world of Cultural Relevance and teaching, I thought every teacher bridged these gaps through an understanding of their student's cultural.

Great video. Fashionette Finley watched on 5/8/20. MDCPS

ENGL 4338- this should be on all teachers curriculum to show that the words they say can affect people’s lives even when they are not intentional. As someone who is pursuing a teacher career, I would never want to make my students feel disrespected or uncomfortable.

Awesome message! I was looking at another you tube video when I saw this one to the left as an suggestive video. I said to myself" I think I know her, she went to Vanguard". Great work!

@dr.melissacrum9455

7 жыл бұрын

I did go to Vanguard! Hey Ocala! :-D

Teachers history is impacting students, how we interact with our students can affect them. Watch what you say and understand how much of a influence you are towards your classroom!

ENGL 4338: The sad truth is that this still goes on in our school even to this day. I really like what she said about teachers life histories and how important it is that teachers be made aware of this while they are teaching in their classrooms.

4338 - Super engaging speaker, and fascinating to hear about the subpopulation of homeschoolers as a result of teachers' discriminatory practices.

I am an education student preparing to write a paper on culturally responsive teaching. Going to use this as a reference. Wonderful presentation! Thank you.

4338-01: This video once again reminds us that the stereotypical bias that we’ve been taught since we were little needs to change and it starts with us as teachers.

ENGL 4338. It is essential that teachers have to be aware of how they talk/interact with students. Negative comments as expressed by her former teacher can damage a student emotionally/mentally, and they can potentially grow up with a reproach against teachers.

ENGL 4338: Teachers have a great impact on students, therefore, it is important to have high expectations for every single of their students regardless of their race.

ENGL 4338.91L It is important that teachers remain unbiased, but this is asking a lot from people. I think that recognizing biases is a good start, but they cannot remain unchecked. Academic institutions should actively condemn biases, and they should enforce greater penalties.

She is really good at talking DAMN

5//26/2020 Tuesday Completed..Very Good Video....Great Speaker.....Very Good Topic... Robert Renick Educational Center 8151

ENGL 4338 Fall 2021: Within this TEDX Talk presented by Dr. Melissa Crum on the challenges teachers face when establishing an encouraging relationship with their students of different backgrounds such as ethnicities, race, age, and cultural knowledge to mention a few. Her personal testimony and professional work come together to create an inspiring and captivating discussion needed within schools.

I love the talk. I'm sending to my dept. head at the school where I work. As art teachers in Maryland my department is in the position to follow your lead and we will! Jerry Eisner DescriptionOrkney.

@missyc01

8 жыл бұрын

+Jerry Eisner That warms my heart Jerry! I would love to support the work you all are doing :-)

Outstanding! Thank you! I am Latina and have been teaching for 30 years and love it! You hit so many valid points and so gracefully too. :--) Where can I find information to share with my peers?

ENGL 4338: POWERFUL. It’s very unfortunate that this issue is still happing till this day. However, I do believe that if the teachers establishes classroom procedures in the correct format as part of the expectations from the students and teacher then somehow it could improve the attitudes and behavior on both perspectives.

Engl 4338: As a future educator I hope to make a comfortable and safe environment for all my students no matter the race.

Watched 4/27/20 (MDCPS)

Very Good Video. I enjoyed It....

Amazing message and incredibly important for everyone especially white people like myself to see this and really hear it.

ENGL 4338 01R Dr. Crum discusses a very important side of teaching. Even teachers can be biased and have preconceived ideas of students' lives and behavior. This is then a problem as a gap is widened between the student and its education. People of color are predominantly picked to be the less smart student based on their life factors. They are then treated as such which makes them believe that they are less than others due to their color.

very effective concluding comments

Important video.

ENGL 4338 Maria Ramirez Montoya: Teachers need to be trained to teach in multidiverse classrooms by embracing teachers diversity not stripping them of their identity.

ENGL 4338-91L (Fabian Collazo) The cultural bias seems to be difficult for many teachers who do not share the same cultural background, but it seems as educators, teachers should also stay learning through out their career on who the people are in their community to be able to raise a self-standard of teaching.

ENGL 4338-02R I absolutely loved this video, it is a shame that race or cultural background can affect a student's academics and maybe also life nowadays; it is a good thing that more people are being cautious about these type of issues.

ENGL 4338, Spring 22: I find the truth about so many of our educators lacking an understanding on multicultural education to be so discouraging as someone planning to go into teaching. Too many of our students of color come into classrooms with the preconceived notion that they are less than their white/privileged peers, and it is through programs like the one Dr. Crum has founded that gives me hope this will no longer be a reality.

I would like to know more about workshops that were mentioned: is there a website, are there any resouces, any contacts? Its cool stuff.

@missyc01

7 жыл бұрын

Ben Harper Hi Ben, you can visit us at www.mosaiceducationnetwork.com

I enjoyed this Ted Talk. Very inspiring and I'm from Florida. Applause!!

ENGL4338: It was interesting to hear the prospective of a student. Cultural differences should be something that is continually taught in the education system to help unify student, staff, and communities.

it’s all current till this day. i graduated 2003 and i got some rules in my school changed because they only made ppl of color in trouble vs white kids. also a lot teachers in the classroom are super old that was raised from a home that stand behind a lot of racial issues. i just hope all of this one day change because students are students no matter the race or background

Comigo foi na faculdade de Engenharia (IST, dito por 1 professor com Phd): Vcs (eramos 3 negros) são muito inteligentes para negros... E também em torneios de xadrez, não conseguiam compreender como 1 'Afró' podia dar porrada em estratégia e logica a 'brancos' habituados ao jogo...

Anyone have a transcription of this TedTalk?

@dr.melissacrum9455

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! If you click the three button to the right of "save" there should be an option for a transcription.

Viewed 4-27-2020

I'm white and am a little confused at what (if this really happened) the other whites saw as violent in the painting.

Statistically speaking she was pretty smart.

Excellent TED talk, but I'm not so sure that the reactions to the picture used at around 9:00 are as big an indication of deep-seated prejudice as they were made out to be. The figures of the boys are basically silhouettes of indeterminate race, although an argument can be made for them being a dark-skinned race. Nevertheless, while I'm sure that the educators interviewed about this picture may have some semblance of deep-seated prejudices, they may have just been uneasy at the indeterminacy of these perceived "shadow people."

@dr.melissacrum9455

7 жыл бұрын

Hi SaviorOwnSoul! Thanks for the message. The video might be a little difficult to see. Maybe if you saw the Kerry James Marshall piece in person, you would see figures are Black to correspond to an African heritage. You can search "Lost Boys" (1993) :-D

@TheCleanProphet

7 жыл бұрын

Ahh ok. I guess the video quality didn't do the picture justice. I did look up the picture and yes, you are absolutely correct that the figures are of African descent without a doubt. Thanks for the reply!

Hi this is Alexa from ENGL 4338, and I just wanted to say, wow racism is terrible especially in school, and it is important to see every child as an equal.

ENGL4338: Wow, I had no idea that race based academic standards were in existence. I cannot believe that hasn’t been done away with.

It's not bias if it's true

I am not exposed to much diversity because of my geography, but social media has brought more awareness to me. My question for the presenter is, "Why did you come to your conclusion that you did instead of thinking 'my teacher sees how I have been fighting against generations of racism, stereotyping, and oppression and she sees that I have maintained a growth mindset'?" I'm. It saying that is what she meant, but could it be possible to view her statement with out a victim mindset? My other question is am I the only one that saw the police tape, gun in hand and around kids playing and concluded that something bad was happening in the first art piece? Am I supposed to be color blind about that?

@MsHanifahof12

7 жыл бұрын

LeeAnn Robinson the answer to the first question is simple. the teacher gave a compliment with a backhanded insult. smart for a black girl? same as pretty for a fat girl! It's exceptional for a black child to be smart? Now the picture was negative to me too. Not sure where that was headed. I'm interested to know the story though.

@LeeAnnandboys

7 жыл бұрын

Troye Fennell I'm not sure about your listening skills. I never claimed to be a teacher

@missyc01

7 жыл бұрын

Hi LeeAnn, Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Growth mindset is a great way to help students re-conceptualize “failure” and assumptions that they are either born with intelligence or lack thereof. However, growth mindset is not applicable in this teacher scenario. My teacher’s bias caused her to see my initial intellectual ability as inferior. When I surpassed that low bar, she was surprised. But not surprised by my white male classmate. I exceeded a low expectation. The question I prefer is “why couldn’t I just be smart for a 7th grader”? There are traditional academic measurements for such a statement. To say that I am “pretty smart for a black girl” implies an arbitrary measurement of intelligence based on race and gender…. An arbitrary measurement she created on her own. Also, years of racism do indeed negatively impact non-white students’ ACCESS to equality education and unbiased academic measurements (as I pointed out with race-based standards), but does not impact intellectual ABILITY. For example, because a school is ill-equipped, a child may not have access to a geometry class. So, that child does not know Geometry when they progress to the next grade. That doesn’t mean that child does not have the intellectual ability to comprehend Geometry. The child just didn’t have access. A great book that discusses this is “A Hope in the Unseen” by Ron Suskind. Consider if someone said to you LeeAnn, “you are pretty smart for a Robinson.” Embedded in that statement are assumptions about the intelligence (or lack thereof) in your family and other people named Robinson. You pointing out that speaker’s bias against you doesn’t mean you are choosing a victim mindset. Such an implication sounds dismissive and implies that you should not be affected when someone in a place of power (in this case a teacher) erroneously categorizes you in a harmful way. You are, in fact, a victim of prejudice based on your last name. In the same way, that teacher had, in her mind, beliefs about how smart a black girl in middle could or couldn’t be. I chose to share how that impacted me at a young age. It happens everyday in the classroom, criminal justice system and everyday interactions with people who see themselves as different from other cultural groups. I hope that answered your question :-).

@danaracanelli9523

7 жыл бұрын

I am an educator in a public school and your story saddens my heart. I know growing up especially in the south, this was a reality for many people, but to hear tales of these types of bias in classrooms today is unacceptable.

Go teach in Detroit schools and see how far your teachings get you there