The key points to this lecture all involved education. Ms. Worthy explained the 5 main tenens of culturally relevant teaching. They were: African Logic, African Epistemological Styles, African Axiology, Cultural visibility, social, emotional and political responsibility. LEAP schools were culturally relevant schools that taught this way. Children from different cultures do not all learn the same way and that was important to note. The idea is to take out all the European influences that are placed in the school system because that is not culturally relevant to African children.
Being part of a schooling system like this can benefit many children who have thought about dropping out of school because they don’t understand the way they were being taught. I know that sometimes I don’t understand the way certain teachers teach, but until this lecture I know that it’s a possibility that they were not teaching me in a culturally relevant way. Culturally relevant teaching can benefit all children and it is important that it can be incorporated into more schools in the future.
The leap schools follow Ubuntu which means humanity. They follow the Zulu proverb that a person is a person through other persons, we affirm our humanity when we acknowledge that of others. They follow many rules such as being kind and honest and it is a very good way to learn because it promotes self growth.
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