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Episode 138 - The Stories Our Students Carry

October 2, 2025

Classroom Practices & PedagogyEducational Philosophy & Psychology

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The Stories Our Students Carry

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Culturally responsive teaching begins with the recognition that learning doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Teachers must carefully navigate curricular needs while building a foundation of trust and respect with students, each of whom carries unique stories and experiences into the classroom. In this episode, we explore the work of scholars who study those intersections: between school and family, the individual and their culture, classroom lessons and the many other concerns crowding a young learner’s mind.

00:00 Intro + Announcements

03:30 The US Education System: A Pressure Cooker

05:00 Revisiting Social Learning Theory; Lev Vygotsky, Albert Bandura

06:30 Dr Luis C Moll & Funds of Knowledge

08:30 Research Contributions from Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Dr. Geneva Gay; culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy

11:20 Culturally responsive pedagogy and practical applications in rural classrooms

18:20 Culturally responsive teaching with varied student populations

21:30 Discussion Questions

31:10 What we learned

Sources & Further Reading:

Transforming Education: The Legacy of Dr. Luis Moll | American Education International

But That’s Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Luis C. Moll | Learning for Justice

L.S. Vygotsky and Education | Luis C. Moll | Taylor & Francis eBooks,

Luis Carlos Moll | American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Funds of Knowledge Video | HeadStart.gov

Bringing Families Together: Building Community

Luis C Moll – Norwalk Early Childhood Education – Library at Connecticut State Community College

Academic Who Brought Critical Race Theory To Education Says Bills Are Misguided : NPR

Gloria Ladson-Billings – Wikipedia

What Would Gloria Ladson-Billings Do?: A Pedagogical Framework That Moves

Academic Who Brought Critical Race Theory To Education Says Bills Are Misguided : NPR

Researcher Gloria Ladson-Billings on Culturally Relevant Teaching, the Role of Teachers

From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools

Culturally Relevant and Culturally Responsive | NSTA

Culturally Responsive Teaching

Appalachia | Ohio County Profiles

Amy Price Azano | College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

Center for Rural Education

Funds of knowledge

The effects of using students’ funds of knowledge on educational outcomes in the social and personal domain – ScienceDirect

Geneva Gay, Culturally Responsive Teaching

AEC678/WC341: Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Framework for Educating All Audiences

Unequal Childhoods – Wikipedia

Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy

Sarah Dryden-Peterson | Harvard Graduate School of Education

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