Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom, in my opinion, would help students as well as teachers and parents get to know more about the different cultures to which their children are being exposed. This kind of cultural sharing is crucial in today's students building bridges to cultures other than their own therefor making the world a smaller place especially in the classroom. Nobody wants to be worlds away from their classmates especially while they are just inches away from one another. An idea of making a poster board with information about yourself, family, culture, and daily life is an excellent way to bring people together in similarities and curiosities about each others culture. When teachers get to know as much about their students the child feels important and accepted, which every child needs, in the classroom and in their home life. When aspects of a students culture are understood this could help steer from mistakenly recommending special education services.
Having a culturally responsive classroom would not only be very informative but would also help students understand differences in social and personal behaviors between one another. Thus making a very friendly and accepting environment in which to learn and teach.
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The poster board idea is great because our culture is much closed. In the sense that we are a bit shy/rude. So a project like this is very helpful. It beats having to ask questions about them and having them answer questions about their selves and family in front of the classroom. This project would get them acquainted with other peers in their classroom.
ReplyDeleteGreat job regarding what you learned from chapter 2. I think that you will be able to create a culturally responsive classroom using the kind of literature that we discuss in class. As for your Author Profile assignment I am going to need to see something soon like some books, websites, and some featured authors.
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