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DISCUSSION Points:
1. How do you distinguish between equity and equality in school? Are they the same thing?
2. What happens when people have different definitions of equity? Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
3. How do we justify differing definitions as educators, and how do we keep this in mind in our practice?
4. How do your students (or children) define equity? How does this shape your thinking as an educator or a parent? Should a student’s definition of equity change our practice? Why or why not?
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DISCUSSION Points:
1. How do you distinguish between equity and equality in school? Are they the same thing?
2. What happens when people have different definitions of equity? Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
3. How do we justify differing definitions as educators, and how do we keep this in mind in our practice?
4. How do your students (or children) define equity? How does this shape your thinking as an educator or a parent? Should a student’s definition of equity change our practice? Why or why not?