As of today, many teachers cultural background differs than the ones from their students. In today’s society, classes have become more and more diverse. When teaching in a diverse classroom, teachers should be careful on how they communicate so they don’t offend any students in the classroom. As teachers, we must avoid stereotypes at all means. Not only should teachers be careful of what they say or do about certain cultures, but provide an equal educational opportunity. Parkay mentions that all teachers and schools should promote the full development of students as individuals, without regards of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, abilities, or disabilities (2016, pg.279). All students deserve an education
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As teachers, there is minimal understanding of what their students are going through. There could be students learning English as a second language or there can be students who understand a topic, but do not know how to express themselves. For example, Moloney states that “most initial teacher education programs include mandatory units of inclusive practice, yet it is often not known what impact…are having on individual pre-service teacher attitudes and beliefs” (2016, pg.80). Not many teachers are taught how to inform and be organized in a classroom, but are given little knowledge of what to do when there are many cultures in one classroom. Not just many cultures, but many languages as well. Pre-service teachers are taught the knowledge they need and what a child needs to know, but very minimal practice on how to apply one lesson to many background. As teachers, we tend to take what we learned in our education programs to the classroom, but what we learn doesn’t effectively work on every student. In fact, in the study done by Moloney, she stated that not many teachers felt comfortable or prepared to teach in a diverse classroom. On the other hand, when taught how to problem solve they felt that they could connect more with their students that were culturally and linguistically different (2016, …show more content…
Not only should we have teachers who know different ways to teach diverse students, but also get to know them better as individuals. Knowing students and their culture can help the teacher understand where the student is coming from and how they can help him or her to being successful in the classroom. For example, Alsubaie “…suggested that the teaching material and approaches of teachers should be modified to recognize the students' cultures and to gain students' trust. Therefore, students will feel respected and safe with their teachers and classmates” (2015, pg.87). Having that child’s trust can make a big impact in their education. Although, teachers should make sure they are appropriately implementing the student culture and not stereotyping or putting the child out there if they don’t feel comfortable with it. Usually, it should be on the teacher to build those connections and figure out the issues that are going on in the classroom, rather than the student seeking help to the teacher. Differentiated learning can help with a diverse classroom so all students are understanding a lesson or providing students with additional resources can help them academically. Also, it helps build stronger relationship between peers and the
As teachers, there is minimal understanding of what their students are going through. There could be students learning English as a second language or there can be students who understand a topic, but do not know how to express themselves. For example, Moloney states that “most initial teacher education programs include mandatory units of inclusive practice, yet it is often not known what impact…are having on individual pre-service teacher attitudes and beliefs” (2016, pg.80). Not many teachers are taught how to inform and be organized in a classroom, but are given little knowledge of what to do when there are many cultures in one classroom. Not just many cultures, but many languages as well. Pre-service teachers are taught the knowledge they need and what a child needs to know, but very minimal practice on how to apply one lesson to many background. As teachers, we tend to take what we learned in our education programs to the classroom, but what we learn doesn’t effectively work on every student. In fact, in the study done by Moloney, she stated that not many teachers felt comfortable or prepared to teach in a diverse classroom. On the other hand, when taught how to problem solve they felt that they could connect more with their students that were culturally and linguistically different (2016, …show more content…
Not only should we have teachers who know different ways to teach diverse students, but also get to know them better as individuals. Knowing students and their culture can help the teacher understand where the student is coming from and how they can help him or her to being successful in the classroom. For example, Alsubaie “…suggested that the teaching material and approaches of teachers should be modified to recognize the students' cultures and to gain students' trust. Therefore, students will feel respected and safe with their teachers and classmates” (2015, pg.87). Having that child’s trust can make a big impact in their education. Although, teachers should make sure they are appropriately implementing the student culture and not stereotyping or putting the child out there if they don’t feel comfortable with it. Usually, it should be on the teacher to build those connections and figure out the issues that are going on in the classroom, rather than the student seeking help to the teacher. Differentiated learning can help with a diverse classroom so all students are understanding a lesson or providing students with additional resources can help them academically. Also, it helps build stronger relationship between peers and the