I Belong in Math, Science

SUNNYVALE -- I Belong: Culturally-Responsive Interventions for Math Science Instruction gives educators the tools to address the low participation rates of African-American students in advanced math and science courses from June 12-14, 2013 with exercises in the Computer History Museum and Tech Museum of Innovation.  Registration includes the Queen Calafia classroom kit of seven culturally-responsive books. A workshop schedule includes:

9 a.m. CSI/ESPN exercise Wonder why students can remember everything in the latest police procedural or break down the injury status of their favorite player? Participants will format a CSI episode the way it would be taught in school.

9:30 a.m. The chemistry and neurology of psycho-social interventions  The chemical responses to stimuli and how classroom environments affect positively or negatively students. What happens when learned helplessness sets in. Anatomy of “Anti-Knowing”