My work with cogens has shown that they allow teachers to more effectively deliver complex subject matter to students from different cultures, because they allow teachers and students to bridge their cultural divides before addressing content. In instances where the youth and the teacher are from different cultural backgrounds, as is the case with most urban teachers and their students, effectively introducing and implementing the cogen in a way that replicates the structure of the cypher has proven to be effective in motivating neoindigenous students to engage in dialogues with teachers in
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