Teaching Strategies
Have a background student’s culture
Create safety zone (safe classroom)
Awareness of stereotypes within classroom
Know who you are racially/culturally
Know cultures different from your own
Be exposed to a variety of perspectives
Need to know yourself
“Neither teacher nor student exists in a vacuum. Both carry into the classroom prejudices and stereotypes about the ethnicity of the other, and if unaddressed, these cannot help but interfere with learning.” – Moule
Teachers never know the culture of their students unless they make and effort to understand. - Moule
Steps towards competence - Moule
Developing awareness and acceptance between cultures
Self-awareness
Dynamics of Difference
Knowledge of students’ culture
Adaptation of skills
You can take as many classes as you want with diversity, but teachers must have experiences with diverse classrooms. – Howard
Howard wants to challenge us to catch up with our own history to understand ourselves before we try to understand our students.
Every student comes in to the classroom with a brain, a body, and a family. She says she treats all of her students the same.
We don’t want to teach every student the same. This is why we have differentiated instruction (Howard)
Stereotypes are feelings that you have. But when you act on them, then it becomes discriminatory.
Cultural deficit: when you believe that where your student comes from is negative. (Stalvey/Delano)
Some students do not have the adult supervision that they need to help with homework. Homework does not always need to be done at home. We must give them time to work on homework in the classroom as well. Teachers must discover their students, build relationships, and find ways to help them succeed. (Delano)
If we want to make change, we have to make it in our schools and our neighborhoods. (Stalvey)
We have to help navigate the students through the hard times of the past and the struggles of the future. (Howard)
Honesty, empathy, and advocacy, and action will help us do this.
“A successful, culturally competent teacher shows respect for the culture of all children and seldom places children in a position where they feel the need to make a choice.” (Moule)
Positive student-student relationships
Positive cross-group communication
Respect for those who live in a different country
Respect for different religious affiliations
Know and understand where your students come from
Use diversity as a learning experience for you and your children to deplete stereotypes in the classroom
Ensure that all students are learning in a safe and welcoming environment
Don’t feed into stereotypes or have pre-judgements of students/families
Create an active learning environment that engages all learners regardless of their academic or social backgrounds
Understand that not every student is the same and all students have different needs
Plan lessons and classroom activities about multicultural topics while always keeping your students in mind
Allow students to freely express themselves within the classroom
Keep expectations and standards the same for every student
Try to see the home as a strength/positive
Create safety zone (safe classroom)
Awareness of stereotypes within classroom
Know who you are racially/culturally
Know cultures different from your own
Be exposed to a variety of perspectives
Need to know yourself
“Neither teacher nor student exists in a vacuum. Both carry into the classroom prejudices and stereotypes about the ethnicity of the other, and if unaddressed, these cannot help but interfere with learning.” – Moule
Teachers never know the culture of their students unless they make and effort to understand. - Moule
Steps towards competence - Moule
Developing awareness and acceptance between cultures
Self-awareness
Dynamics of Difference
Knowledge of students’ culture
Adaptation of skills
You can take as many classes as you want with diversity, but teachers must have experiences with diverse classrooms. – Howard
Howard wants to challenge us to catch up with our own history to understand ourselves before we try to understand our students.
Every student comes in to the classroom with a brain, a body, and a family. She says she treats all of her students the same.
We don’t want to teach every student the same. This is why we have differentiated instruction (Howard)
Stereotypes are feelings that you have. But when you act on them, then it becomes discriminatory.
Cultural deficit: when you believe that where your student comes from is negative. (Stalvey/Delano)
Some students do not have the adult supervision that they need to help with homework. Homework does not always need to be done at home. We must give them time to work on homework in the classroom as well. Teachers must discover their students, build relationships, and find ways to help them succeed. (Delano)
If we want to make change, we have to make it in our schools and our neighborhoods. (Stalvey)
We have to help navigate the students through the hard times of the past and the struggles of the future. (Howard)
Honesty, empathy, and advocacy, and action will help us do this.
“A successful, culturally competent teacher shows respect for the culture of all children and seldom places children in a position where they feel the need to make a choice.” (Moule)
Positive student-student relationships
Positive cross-group communication
Respect for those who live in a different country
Respect for different religious affiliations
Know and understand where your students come from
Use diversity as a learning experience for you and your children to deplete stereotypes in the classroom
Ensure that all students are learning in a safe and welcoming environment
Don’t feed into stereotypes or have pre-judgements of students/families
Create an active learning environment that engages all learners regardless of their academic or social backgrounds
Understand that not every student is the same and all students have different needs
Plan lessons and classroom activities about multicultural topics while always keeping your students in mind
Allow students to freely express themselves within the classroom
Keep expectations and standards the same for every student
Try to see the home as a strength/positive