Renowned educator, scholar and activist Christine Sleeter spent two days on campus in mid April, participating in a variety of activities including class visits and a public talk.
The Teaching Fellows Program and the School of Education hosted Christine Sleeter on Elon University’s campus for two days in mid April.
During her prolific career, Sleeter, a professor emerita in the College of Professional Studies at California State University Monterey Bay, has published over 100 articles in journals and edited books, and has been a key figure in the field of multicultural education.
Elon students interacted with Sleeter on a number of different occasions. She visited three classes and conducted a session for Teacher Education program majors on April 14.
This session involved small group discussions and a Q&A session with Sleeter, based on the participants’ reading of her article, “Confronting the Marginalization of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy.”
On April 15, Sleeter gave a public presentation titled “Equity and Excellence Require Cultural Competence.” This talk drew educators from the local K-12 schools as well as other colleges and universities in the region. The talk included readings from her recently released book, “Whitebread.” The full talk is available here.
Sleeter’s work has been translated into Spanish, Korean, French and Portuguese. She has been invited to speak in most U.S. states as well as several countries. Recent awards for her work include the American Educational Research Association Social Justice in Education Award, the Chapman University Paulo Freire Education Project Social Justice Award, the American Educational Research Association Division K Legacy Award, and the American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group on Multicultural and Multiethnic Lifetime Achievement Award.