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Thursday, November 30

Let's Talk Africa
Identity, Culture & Education - Examples from Kenya and Ethiopia
Time:
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Presenter:
Derric I. Heck
Location:
4217 WWPH
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies

Derric I. Heck is a Graduate Research and Teaching Associate of the Center for Urban Education housed within the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Diversity Scholar as well as a K. Leroy Irvis Fellow. His research includes a focus on how teachers rationalize and navigate topics of race within the classroom; how the learning environment acts as facilitator of cultural dialogue; and how U.S. teachers engage and utilize the indigenous wisdom and various cultures within Africa as a teaching and learning too. He will discuss his research using case study examples from Kenya and Ethiopia