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Education for Sustainable DemocracyAuthor: Brett Levy
This show explores how we can prepare the next generation for informed civic engagement, environmental stewardship, and the development of a more just and peaceful world. Host Brett Levy is a researcher of civic and environmental education and an associate professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Episodes feature interviews with leaders, innovators, and scholars in civic and environmental education. Please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, or listen from your computer. For information about upcoming episodes, guests, and more, please visit www.esdpodcast.org. Thank you! Language: en-us Genres: Documentary, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Discussing Immigration in a High School Classroom, with Zorielle Rodriguez-Alcazar (Peekskill High School & University at Albany, SUNY)
Saturday, 31 May, 2025
In today’s environment, how should teachers help students understand immigration? How can they create a classroom culture in which students can discuss these kinds of highly sensitive and personal controversial issues? And why is it important that we give students the chance to talk about these issues?To examine these issues, Brett speaks to Zorielle Rodriguez-Alcazar, a veteran high school teacher at Peekskill High School in Peekskill, New York. Zorielle, who is also a doctoral student in the University at Albany’s School of Education, is a creative and thoughtful veteran social studies educator who gets to know her students well and adjusts the curriculum to engage their interests. In this episode, Zorielle shares her experiences and suggestions for how to develop a positive democratic classroom culture that enables teachers to generate powerful discussions of challenging public issues.Episode ResourcesImmigration Stories Project from U. of MinnesotaResources for Teaching about Immigration from Learning for JusticeESD ResourcesBrett Levy's Open Access Research ArticlesEducation for Sustainable Democracy SiteESD Facebook Page (Please like!)ESD YouTube Channel (Please subscribe!)Related ESD EpisodesCurrent Events Instruction in Early 2025, with Kyle Dalton (Lansingburgh High School, Lansingburgh, NY)Integrating History & Current Events and Creating an Open Classroom Climate, with Amber Joseph (East Side Community School, New York City)Engagement & Equity in Civic Education, with Professor Jane Lo (Michigan State University)Guiding Productive Political Discussions, with Diana Hess (University of Wisconsin-Madison)Support the show
