A Culturalcentrist is motivated, first and foremost, to honor their own culture. Maintaining
A Culturalcentrist is motivated, first and foremost, to honor their own culture. Maintaining
In this unit, I stress small group and large group discussion. I feel that learning is a social process and that by actively engaging students in the learning process rather than allowing them to be passive recipients of content, we are promoting…
The first section of my case study considered how to observe a child’s cognition and language development through a sociocultural lens. I mentioned that development is a composite of a person, a circumstance, a place, an action, and an activity; and when those elements are cohesive, an educator can perceive a child’s development holistically. This second part now questions, “Who are we teaching?” However, there is a twist to that question. Educators are often responsible for making inferences about students, whether it is through pleasant words of affirmation, or labels that view children from a deficit perspective. Therefore, what I think of my student, Michael, is not relevant in this paper. Rather, this study unveils how Michael views himself as a child, a student, a friend, a family member, and a participant in his community.…
One way to understand and respect other cultures is to simply not to assume. We must reframe from making assumptions. As teachers we must not assume that members of culture share the same believes and values. Another way is to works towards cultural reciprocity, which means to understand and recognize how different values and beliefs influence families’ perception and…
Ethnocentrism. We are programmed from birth to look at others from our own cultural perspectives, and judge them by our own standards. It would be a good idea to create a lesson plan that includes an explanation of ethnocentrism and how it affects others.…
Understanding and taking account of our pupil’s background and culture is essential for us to build effective relationships and provide support.…
Multicultural education teaches learners to recognize and accept the cultural differences based on culture, ethnicity, social class, gender, sexual orientation, special needs, religion, gender and it helps learners to understand and promote justice, equality, and democracy (Manning & Baruth, 2009). As educators, it is our responsibility to promote and include multicultural education in our instruction. It is also important to understand and value the students? personalities, learning styles and their cultural backgrounds. It is essential to collaborate and integrate parents, families, and caregivers of culturally diverse backgrounds in the students? education. By doing such we will have at wide-level thriving multicultural responsive school.…
“Society constructs itself as monolingual and Anglocentric, and tries to keep children's linguistic and cultures worlds apart”(living). Many bilinguals or people that have two cultures might be hard to keep their cultures apart from each other. Deanna is Native American and I am Hispanic/American, we keep many of our traditions that are not only part of our culture but also of our identity. Those are the traditions we don't only want to pass down to our children/future children because we find them important but also it part of who we are. Yet, we still have that American culture having some part of our identity, even though we might never feel completely Americans because we are part of two different worlds. “…we should value and encourage the experience of living in simultaneous worlds”(Living). We should encourage not only our peers and family members, but our students that it is fine to live to two worlds. There shouldn't be a separation in living two worlds, being an American in the outside world (e.g. school and work) and being Native American or Hispanic with other people that share our same culture. Shouldn't we represent the culture we have a much more connection with? It all begins with showing our students to embrace different cultures around the world, exposing them that there is much more than the American…
Measuring the effectiveness of social constructivism in the classroom will take place in two different ways. When working on group projects or when engaging in class discussion, students will be expected to demonstrate the five essential elements that are unique to a cooperative learning classroom: positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, and social skills (Moreno, 2010). This is very abstract and therefore, will be measured through direct evaluation because it allows the teacher to receive quality information on individual participation and give each student specific feedback. The second measurement will be a criterion-referenced assessment using either an exam or paper…
I found myself in trouble at school at times by my lack of cultural awareness. From being labeled as a bully for fighting back against others who attacked me to not quite understanding why I could not be angry at those who would attack me for no reason, I was often confused at the time by not knowing the wrong of my actions that seemed to be morally just to me. Facing adversity in the classroom in the form of peers who feared my culturally different background, I learned that I must educate other rather than succumb to a cycle of hate. From the initially negative experiences, I have learned to respectfully inquire about a person's individuality that I am not familiar with and ultimately teach others about my identity as…
School curriculum should include programs for cultural competency. A culturally competent program should “value diversity, conducts self-assessment, addresses issues that arise when different cultures interact, acquires and institutionalizes cultural knowledge, and adapts to the cultures of the individuals and communities served.” (Advocates for Youth, 2004). Students should not only learn about other cultures but become aware of oneself, identifying who they are culturally. Students should become aware of their culture and how things like gender, skin color, native language, education, and their own culture influences their personal belief system.…
By separating themselves from the rest of the class, the student risks later harassment and abuse by fellow students.…
“Culture has been defined as a pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration that has worked well enough to be considered valid and, therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems.”(Schein, 1992). According to Edgar H. Schein…
In school the peer group maybe a dominant factor to consider in academic achievement. Acceptance by the group depends on conformity. Most education takes place in group situations the group’s impacts and influence on its members is so strong that it takes the group as a whole to support the learning process.…
One huge change for many students entering college is their exposure to different cultures. Most college campuses are very diverse, with a number of international or exchange students. Bunker Hill Community College is a prime example of this type of setting. People can be prone to ethnocentrism, or a tendency to use our own group’s ways of doing things as a yardstick for judging others. You could walk into a classroom and find ten different cultures being represented, each with a different way of dress, language, and behaviors. However, the academic classroom should be a place of equality. After all, everyone is in that room for a common purpose: to learn. So we all must practice cultural relativism, or try to understand the different cultures on their own terms, instead of comparing them to our own, and not judge the other people in the room by comparing their culture as better or worse than our own. This will help with treating all fellow classmates and faculty as equals.…
Cooperative learning provides learners with essential opportunities to use language in meaningful, purposeful, and interesting ways, build self-esteem ,self-confidence, as well assist to develop academic, communication, and social skills. • Small group work is designed to help and encourage group members to master academic content. • Each student in the group is individually accountable for their learning. • Capitalize on the funds of knowledge in families and the Instructional conversations between teachers and students assist both parties. Caring relationships between teachers and students are integral to academic success. In effective classrooms the strengths of every student are recognized, respected, and valued .Finally Parent and community involvement having a positive effect on student achievement, teaching staff expected to communicates with parents in culturally appropriate ways. Parents needs to be included in their children’s academic counseling.…