TOUCHING THE SPIRIT™ is a teaching modality that achieves success by utilizing culture in the achievement of educational excellence for African American and other students.
Its effectiveness rests on five African American teaching and learning patterns used within the context of nine supportive practices.
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Recognizing ties between humans and nature Scientific study of patterns in nature and the phenomenal world Making connections between schoolwork and students’ life experiences |
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Expectations of Excellence | |
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Continual Search for Patterns | |
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Insistence on Working Toward Mastery | |
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Teacher Modeling of Skills and Processes | |
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Study of African and African American Philosophical Thought | |
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Focus on Discourse, Inquiry, and Creative and Symbolic Thinking | |
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Using Knowledge for Transformative Social Criticism and Community Action | |
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In-Depth Study and Performance of African and African American Culture |  |
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