What I Know! Within the title there are three main words that stand out to me: interculturalism, diversity, and early childhood. All three of these words play a major role in our educational success today. I know that teaching our young generation about integrating culture and diversity into their early childhood helps promote peace and respect. The earlier we introduce various cultures and diversities, the greater the opportunity for these young minds to build strong relationships with their peers and to make the world an easier place to thrive.
Interculturalism to me means the integrating or interacting of different cultures. It’s understanding each other’s background or history and accepting each person for whom they are. It’s respecting …show more content…
Children are like sponges and begin to absorb information at younger and younger ages it seems. I feel that the younger we start teaching our kids about respect and acceptance, then what an easier world we will live in. It’s like bad words! I catch myself saying the same bad word every time I drop something or forget something. As I sit back and watch my two year old play, I hear him say this bad word as he drops something. How at the age of two does he know when and how to use that word? Well technically he doesn’t but its being performed for him over and over again that now it’s become a …show more content…
I found this article very interesting. It seems as though most of my questions were answered throughout the passage and I now feel a little more at ease with integrating diversity into the classroom. Implementing anti-bias curriculum will help to add prominence on the actions of those chauvinism and prejudice. Reflecting on yourself as an educator and sharing experiences with the students could help them understand the importance of diversity and intermingling of cultures. They will see that you as the teacher are too different and come from a different background. I remember a professor here at UHCL telling us that sometimes you have to tell little white lies to the students when it comes to these subjects because these students need to hear that you’ve experienced that level before and that you are OK. I found one part fit me well in this article, “As many as 80% of teachers did not feel prepared for various challenges that diversity presented within their classrooms” (pg. 25). This is a shocking number. I would think that the majority of teachers would feel confident about the subject and how to introduce it to the classroom. This makes me feel a little uneasy as that I’m already questioning how to implement it into the
Interculturalism to me means the integrating or interacting of different cultures. It’s understanding each other’s background or history and accepting each person for whom they are. It’s respecting …show more content…
Children are like sponges and begin to absorb information at younger and younger ages it seems. I feel that the younger we start teaching our kids about respect and acceptance, then what an easier world we will live in. It’s like bad words! I catch myself saying the same bad word every time I drop something or forget something. As I sit back and watch my two year old play, I hear him say this bad word as he drops something. How at the age of two does he know when and how to use that word? Well technically he doesn’t but its being performed for him over and over again that now it’s become a …show more content…
I found this article very interesting. It seems as though most of my questions were answered throughout the passage and I now feel a little more at ease with integrating diversity into the classroom. Implementing anti-bias curriculum will help to add prominence on the actions of those chauvinism and prejudice. Reflecting on yourself as an educator and sharing experiences with the students could help them understand the importance of diversity and intermingling of cultures. They will see that you as the teacher are too different and come from a different background. I remember a professor here at UHCL telling us that sometimes you have to tell little white lies to the students when it comes to these subjects because these students need to hear that you’ve experienced that level before and that you are OK. I found one part fit me well in this article, “As many as 80% of teachers did not feel prepared for various challenges that diversity presented within their classrooms” (pg. 25). This is a shocking number. I would think that the majority of teachers would feel confident about the subject and how to introduce it to the classroom. This makes me feel a little uneasy as that I’m already questioning how to implement it into the