Teachers can improve by culturally responsive by demonstrating the need for rethinking current approaches to teacher education. Teachers who have learned culturally responsive pedagogy are more confident and believe they are effective in their instruction of diverse students.
Teachers can improve by culturally responsive by demonstrating the need for rethinking current approaches to teacher education. Teachers who have learned culturally responsive pedagogy are more confident and believe they are effective in their instruction of diverse students.
Teachers can improve by culturally responsive by demonstrating the need for rethinking current approaches to teacher education. Teachers who have learned culturally responsive pedagogy are more confident and believe they are effective in their instruction of diverse students.
Teachers can improve by culturally responsive by demonstrating the need for rethinking current approaches to teacher education. Teachers who have learned culturally responsive pedagogy are more confident and believe they are effective in their instruction of diverse students.
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Culturally Responsive Final Paper
Irene Alarcon
EPS 512
Professor Ruth Myers-VassellClassrooms today are extremely diverse and constantly changing. Students
come from various backgrounds and have different experiences than their teachers
and peers, Too many teachers are unprepared for the type of challenges a classroom
brings when they do not know their students. According to the National Center for
Culturally Responsive Educational Systems, teachers can improve by culturally
responsive by demonstrating the need for rethinking current approaches to teacher
education pedagogy and providing guidelines for developing culturally responsive
teacher education pedagogy. Additionally, this paper will discuss different components
to incorporate lessons and strategies for a culturally diverse classroom
This course has made one thing clear; knaw your students, Each child does
something for a reason. The particular group of students AUSL works with are students
of low income areas of Chicago. A teacher must be attentive to the challenges in their
classroom and understand why a student responds or behaves in a particular way
To do that successfully, research suggests that when teachers have had the benefit
of multicultural teacher education preparation, they are less likely to embrace cultural
deficit views (Irvine, 2003). Moreaver, teachers who have leaned culturally responsive
pedagogy are more confident and believe they are effective in their instruction of
diverse children (Pang & Sablan, 1998). Teachers that are responsive to the leaming,
emotional, and social needs of ethnically and linguistically diverse students with and
without disabilities in urban schools are needed (Kea, Campbell, and Richards, 2006)
One class session, we discussed that in arder to engage students effectively, teachers
must know their students and their academic abilities rather than relying on racial arethnic stereotypes or prior experiences with other students of similar backgrounds
When a teacher is going through their preparation courses, the first thing
they should know is haw to build relationships with their students. Culturally responsive
teachers realize not only the importance of academic achievement, but also the
maintaining of cultural identity and heritage (Gay, 2000). Not only should teachers know
their content of what they teach, but they should also be able to connect to their
students and commit themselves to build relationships with their students and families.
A classroom of twenty students can bring so many new things that a teacher has never
known before. Students can speak, act, and/or think of things in ways we never knew.
In an urban school setting, one of the challenges a teacher will face is the lack of
support the children have outside of school. A teacher must make various efforts to
insure all students can understand and can find relevance in lessons and connect them
to the real world and be able to be successful. A little questioning and interest in the
child goes a long way. Whenever a teacher can ask the student about their lives and
interests, the more opportunities the teacher has to get to know the child and make a
connection. Once a teacher has established positive and trusting relationships in the
classroom, leaming can take place. Culturally responsive teaching appreciates the
existing strengths and accomplishments of all students and develops them further in
instruction (Gay, 2000)
“The task for educators is to familiarize themselves with youth/culture/value
systems and realize the subsequent effect on youth identity” (Beachum and McCray)
Beachum and McCray express when working with African Americans in urban settings,
it is important to understand what influences this culture. Hip hop and television are
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