Kay offered this statement in class:

Remember youve gotto make the argument that satisfying your purpose contributes to a body of knowledge.


To me this means: Tie my study into a lack of quantitative or experimental evidence of the validity of culturally relevant pedagogy.


The purpose to show that it works and that is the value add.


Why should we be interested in something that helps Blacks learn? Tie in gates h1b visa
and shortage of tech workers.

I have been spending time lately reading the works of Gloria Ladson-Billings. It has sparked several ideas. Maybe I will do an ethnographic study where I look at sucessful male African American teachers of African American boys. I have also been thinking about crafting a study that looks at how African American teachers connect or get access to the knowledge of those such as Ladson-Billings and Hale. The more I think about it I am liking more and more the idea of doing an empirical study that adds to the literature regarding the efficacy of culturally relevent teaching.

Still searching,
Kai