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
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