Brilliant teaching : using culture and artful thinking to close equity gaps / Adeyemi Stembridge

Includes bibliographical references.

What does it mean to think like an artist? -- Defining equity...and the problem of fairness -- Shifting paradigms -- Artmaking : as an equity issue -- 12 days of instruction -- Improvisation -- Story -- Audience -- The art of culturally responsive assessment.

In Brilliant Teaching, the reader will come to understand that equity--when viewed from an informed, multi-layered, and artistic perspective--is the essential purpose of teaching. As education thought leader Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge argues, true equity does not need to defend or justify itself against detractors. Teaching for equity means creating student-centered opportunities that match the social, political, and economic context of the learning environment. Informed by both theory and extensive collaboration with K-12 teachers, Brilliant Teaching will help readers develop a deep understanding of culture, one that can be leveraged in order to be responsive to students.