Fall 2022
Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices & Perspectives
What does it mean to be “back to normal”? The past year, while challenging, allowed teachers to grow in new ways and reconfigure our priorities. Read this issue to join Kaleidoscope authors in exploring how to incorporate the lessons they learned from the pandemic into their everyday teaching practice.
From the Editor’s Desk
Our New Normal
“Back to normal” describes a return to some of our old in-person structures, but doesn’t quite capture the ways we’ve been changed by the experience of the past few years.
In This Issue
Call and Response: What We’ve Learned From Other Teachers
We know the knowledge teachers hold is unique and invaluable, so we asked Fellows and our colleagues: What have you learned from another teacher recently?
CTRL+Z: Undoing and Rethinking Power and Student Voice in the Classroom
How virtual teaching led to centering student voice and choice by sharing power.
Unpacking Human Migration
A lesson on human migration provides a way to explore how the tools of science can be used to empower students to explore social injustices.
How It Went: Tackling Gender Bias and Barriers in STEM with Students
Experiences integrating topics around gender bias and barriers women face in STEM into physics curriculum during the 2020–2021 school year.
Vulnerability in Teacher Collaboration and Leadership
Without understanding our own reactions to feeling vulnerable and being able to stay in a vulnerable space, we cannot successfully navigate personal inquiry or collaboration with other educators.
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About Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope strives to provide readers and writers a public space for discourse and dialogue about the knowledge and expertise of teachers and the complexity of our profession. We believe that teachers are well-positioned to improve education in their classrooms and beyond, and we know the power that storytelling and knowledge sharing can hold in the process of transforming educational outcomes for students.
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