Instructor: Christine Tranetzki
What thoughts do you have about teaching in diverse classrooms?
I think educating people's mine on diversity in the classroom leads to better awareness, it eliminates racism, helps fights against biasses, and make people face their prejudice. We all have a unique cultural identity that defines our core values, and beliefs that has been taught to us since birth. Cultures vary from each other and this creates a rich diversity in the classroom. A classroom full of students from different backgrounds is very beneficial. It helps people learn and understand and appreciate other cultural differences, as they develop responsiveness of their cultural beliefs. When as students we learn the importance of diversity, we are then able to fight against racism in the classroom and our world. A diverse institution or classroom includes students of diverse ethnicities, and races. Having diversity in the classroom ensures there is no room for racism.
How have views of immigration affected education?
Immigration in our classrooms today have had a profound effect on the American education system, ranging from the language barriers between students and …show more content…
High School. “With the trend today most immigrants want to maintain their home language, culture, religion, and traditions; to celebrate their unique cultural identity; and to raise their children within this unique set of cultural attributes” (Wardle, 2013). I agree that it is beneficial for the other students as well to learn about other cultures that they may not ever have the chance to experience. I really enjoy teaching about my culture and learning the Japanese culture as well. It's really interesting to show these young Japanese minds that foreigns are not scary, and we have a lot of