Precious Knowledge Summary

This week in class, we watched the first thirty minutes of the documentary Precious Knowledge. We discussed how what we saw related to the values of character, citizenship, collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. Tucson High School sets high expectations for its students, which is a part of its character. Students feel more in control of their education when participating in the rule-making process. To promote citizenship, students should feel like they belong to the classroom community. Additionally, citizenship should support a global perspective that celebrates the cultures and backgrounds of our students. The students in Tucson collaborated by working on projects together. Collaboration and project-based learning
At the same time, teacher expectations also heavily influence academic success (Valenzuela). If you don’t teach your students accountability, you’re only doing them a disservice. Everything is a teachable moment. Teacher-Student Relationship Quality (TSRQ) encompasses several features, such as the teachers displaying empathy, support, encouragement, optimism, and the degree to which students perceive teachers as fair and genuine (Boykin and Nogeura). This research on teacher care influences Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Many students face out-of-school factors (OSFs), and poverty is primarily the source of educational disparities (Nieto & Bode, 2021, p. 221). More specifically, though, OSFs consist of having low birth weight, inadequate medical care, food insecurity, environmental pollutants, family stress, and neighborhood characteristics (Berliner). If you have an OSF or wounded student, it doesn’t mean that you still can’t light their fire. One thing we cannot let happen as educators is the school-to-prison pipeline. Conscious discipline, a strategy for teaching students about emotions, knowing their triggers, and giving students choices, is one way to combat the damaging zero-tolerance