This annotated bibliography will give you a look into chapter 9 from the Multicultural Education textbook. It will also go in depth of two articles. The first article, African American and White Adolescents' Strategies For Managing Cultural Diversity in Predominantly White High Schools, will show you a questionnaire that was conducted to students who are White and African American. The second article, Discrimination, Ethnic Identity, and Academic Outcomes of Mexican Immigrant Children: The Importance of School Context, focuses on Mexican immigrant students and how they experience discrimination, their academic attitudes, and ethnic identity in schools. Both articles provide their statistics, and results.…
Therefore, creating a culturally inclusive classroom is beyond the simple idea that simply acknowledging First Nations culture will enable the classroom to grow into a positive environment. Culturally inclusive practices must go…
The purpose of multicultural education is to engage children in understanding and challenging the injustices that divide and diminish their world. We live in a country where you are able to meet people from all over the world. If adults like teachers or parents are not able to respect, consider and accept the culture of others how can we teach children to accept other's culture. Lastly, the following point “Multicultural teaching requires critically analyzing our own knowledge and biases, our society, and the history of inequities from many perspectives, and closely observing and getting to know children and families”.…
The Culturally-Responsive Teacher This literature review was commenced to investigate the question: What is the effect of incorporating culturally-relevant stories into elementary students’ reading achievement? The United States is a diverse country, which consists of people from different ethnic backgrounds who have migrated to the U.S for different reasons, including for increased wealth and a better life for themselves and their families. The educational system, as well, is comprised of students from different cultural backgrounds. To a large extent, these students’ cultures are not being sufficiently accommodated in their schools (Young, 2010). Classroom lessons are being taught that have little or no relevance to the students’ own cultural…
Mr. Stone can start by becoming more culturally competent and more culturally aware. Being culturally responsive in the classroom and recognizing cultural differences is about grasping and embracing the fact that student may come from different backgrounds, values, and beliefs. Learning about one’s own culture, beliefs, and values is an important stride in truly understanding, recognizing, and appreciating other cultures. When using this self-reflection, teachers are able to acknowledge how their own views influence their teaching and how it may have lead to expectations that were not appropriate for their students. It is important to make connections between learning and culture to be able to change how one’s instruction occurs.…
My philosophy of Multicultural Education is someone that provides a successful learning environment for every student. In my future classroom every student will accept all cultures and I will try to prevent very little if any prejudice and discrimination. In order to achieve this type of environment I must be culturally competent. To be culturally competent means you have to take the time and researches the different cultures, genders, and disabilities in your classroom or school. This research can be done from internet, students, parents, observation, or even simply asking questions.…
To create a culturally responsive classroom, teachers must first assess themselves and their own beliefs. Many educators have a lack of knowledge about cultures other than their own. It can be difficult for teachers to include all students in the classroom when they do not know anything about a culture or have bias. It is important that teachers make their unconscious bias, conscious. When teachers do this, then they can better meet the needs of their students.…
Discussion “Good teachers anywhere are good teachers everywhere” (Gay, 2018, p. 29). That statement embodies the dialogues taking place in the field of education and the significance of discussions that influence my teaching practice. What do good teachers look like? What do good teachers do?…
Developing cultural awareness in the classroom breaks down barriers of prejudice and dispels preconceived ideas formed by societal stereotypes and ignorance. Multicultural awareness leads to acceptance of other cultural groups and brings together traditionally divided assembliess. In addition, a nondiscriminatory environment provides the foundation to bolster the success of all students, regardless of their experiences and abilities. As a teacher and an agent of positive change, my desire is to ignite the same passion in students to be the change we want to see in the…
Nelson Mandela said “no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion”. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in 2015, 7,121 persons were victims of hate crimes in the USA, most of them were victimized because of their race, their religious beliefs, and their sexual orientation. Even though 7,121 may seem to be a little number, imagine that number yearly with a different person every time, imagine everything worldwide, and to sum up, these are only the registered cases because some victims do not report these types of crimes thanks to the fear of “what might happen if I do that” question. Discrimination is defined as “the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories…
Many are unaware of the positive results of having a diverse classroom and that it is important to keep affirmative action policies that looks at having a diverse group. From experience, I find find myself more comfortable when I see other minorities in the classes. This is because when you feel more welcomed and you have a sense of belonging since you know that at least one other person in the class looks like you. Having a diverse classroom leads to more enhanced conversations. For example, a class may have a discussion about discrimination in the United States that would consist of a students with diverse backgrounds and experiences.…
Hello, It is important for teachers to understand the theories of ethnic identity in order to build a classroom environment free of prejudice, racism, or discrimination. According to Bennett (2014), in order to develop a sense of respect and appreciation for other cultures, races, and ethnicities, one must first have a strong sense of self. In other words, one must be able to identify themselves as part of a certain ethnic group, such as Mexican American, African American, or Chinese American, before being able to respect other ethnic groups. The best place for students to be exposed to other students, languages, cultures, and ethnicities is in the classroom.…
Multicultural education is a reform movement in education that refers to the learning of appropriate knowledge, attitudes and skills with respect and appreciation of different cultures and other differences (Abdullah, 2009). It is important for early childhood educators to promote and teach children about multiculturalism because children notice differences as young as 3 years old (Phoon, Abdullah, & Abdullah, 2013b). They are not free from bias and prejudice because they can see what is valued and not valued through observations, which can develop into positive and negative feelings about the differences (Abdullah, 2009). Early childhood educators play a critical role in supporting multiculturalism in early childhood classrooms in order…
At some point, students will be faced with different cultures and the more exposure to the unknown the more acceptance that will be created. However, a culturally responsive classroom is created through a school and teachers who want to make a difference in their students’…
Culture in the Classroom • What techniques did Diane use to help her ELL students learn English more quickly? Created a flash card system that helped the Korean students to speak and read English more quickly, and to recognize the English language sounds. She wrote the Korean letters representing the English sounds. It also helped with their intonation.…