The purpose of the paper is to introduce teachers to up-to-date‚ culturally responsive resources suitable for English language learners from diverse backgrounds. The percentage of English language learners‚ or ELLs‚ continue to increase in great numbers in US classrooms. It is essential for teachers to understand that the needs of ELLs can vary greatly from those in a mainstream‚ native-speaking classroom. Thus‚ teachers working with a diverse population must know how to find effective and appropriate
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Within this world that we live on‚ there is an enormous amount of people. Each of these people belongs to different cultures and societies. Every society has traits and customs that make it unique. These societies follow different moral codes. This means that they will may have different answers to the moral questions asked by our own society. What I am trying to say is that every society has a different way of analyzing and dealing with life ’s events‚ because of their cultural beliefs. This is
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preparation programs‚ places an emphasis on teaching culturally responsive approaches‚ and acknowledges fostering reflective practice (National Council of Teachers of English‚ 2010). The need for culturally responsive approaches and reflective practice certainly fall under the domain of pedagogical preparation‚ and therefore these two areas will be explored first. Addressing Diversity in Classroom Practice Addressing diversity and providing culturally
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PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING PRESENTATION Planning A Culturally Diverse Wedding Team A PSY/360 December 15‚ 2014 Eldridge Newlin INTRODUCTION/ THE SCENARIO: PLANNING A CULTURALLY DIVERSE WEDDING Decisions are important Two families‚ one wedding Focus on inductive and deductive reasoning Address conflicting emotions and cultures Problem solving strategies The roles of perception‚ attention‚ memory‚ and language THE DECISION OF A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY THE DECISION OF MUSIC
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might explain unknown actions and traditions in which we are unaware. We must be able to change the way we view things so we learn to fit our evaluations into the context of another’s culture‚ if possible. In the journal article‚ Conducting Culturally Competent Evaluations of Child Welfare Programs and Practice‚ Dettlaff and Fong (2011) speak of the doubling numbers of immigrant parents and the large number of African Americans in our child welfare system. They speak about the changing demographics
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Abstract Today our classrooms‚ just like families‚ are becoming more unique and blended. Teachers are tasked with effectively teaching students with disabilities and diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In order for educators to meet the needs of their students‚ key strategies must be implemented that will positively affect their students academically and behaviorally. This paper reflects on the experience of one of these families and identifies key strategies to maximize the potential
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Addressing the need of culturally responsive pedagogy in India Minakshi Rana‚ Research Scholar‚ Department of Sociology Panjab University‚ Chandigarh Abstract: As more and more students from diverse background populate 21st century classrooms‚ and efforts mount to identify effective methods to teach these students‚ the need for pedagogical approaches that are culturally responsive intensifies. Today’s classrooms require teachers to educate students varying in culture‚ languages‚ economic status
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Take time to know each child personally. A teacher should ensure to understand and encourage students to research and share information about their ethnic or cultural backgrounds as a means of creating trusting relationships. A teacher should also ensure to plan lessons and classroom environments in a way that they support good interactions as well as the strengths and needs of every child Teachers should also ensure to use authentic artifacts and cultural images that reflect the diversity of a classroom
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Running Head: Culturally Sensitive Counseling for Native Americans Culturally Sensitive Counseling for Native Americans Catherine D. Dunn PSYD 8180 OL‚ SYSTEMS OF PSYCHPTHERAPHY Course Instructor: Denise Scatena‚ Ph.D May 21‚ 2010 ABSTRACT Historical trauma is defined as an aggregate of emotional and psychological wounding over the lifespan and across generations‚ emanating from massive group trauma and continues to impacts the group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_trauma)
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Reducing Health Disparities in African Americans Through Culturally Competent Church-Based Interventions to Increase Physical Activity Suzanne Mosman November 21‚ 2013 PHE 576: Physical Activity‚ Health‚ and Disease Background & Statistics The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that there are 67 million Americans adults with hypertension (HTN). The highest rates are among African Americans‚ 42.5% of whom have HTN (CDC‚ 2012a). Over one-third of U.S. adults are obese
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