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Culturally & Educationally Responsive Teaching Advocacy PosterBy Lawtnee, Banhi, Noreen, Erin, Frank, & James
Oral History Quotes“To be American involves a lot of meanings. For me it means opportunity, especially with education. If I had stayed home in Jamaica I would not have been able to go as far in my education.”
“Being an American is strictly about where you are born-not your culture, because Americans celebrate so many different cultures.”
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Critical Thinking Questions1. What is diversity & how has diversity changed over time with regard to education?2. We are a culturally diverse society in the United States. Yet, why are there educators who have not made
attempts to culturally diversify their minds, attitudes and teaching strategies with regard to education?
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Content Menu1. Group Presentation of Chapters 2
and 32. Oral Presentation of Summary of
Chapter3. Anticipation/Reaction Guide:
Chapter 2 & 34. Differentiation Menu: Tic Tac Toe5. Whole Group Activities
Tenets of Culturally Responsive TeachingValidating: How do I make it "real"?Comprehensive: Am I an "all inclusive" teacher?Multidimensional: Are the components of my content diverse?Empowering: How effective am I?Transformative: Do my students leave me better than they came to me?Emancipating: Will my students succeed on their own?
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Dialogic Engagement Engaging interaction which builds critical
thinking skills and enhancing insight, hence
deriving shared knowledge among parties.
Advocacy Project HighlightsOur differences and our similarities must be accommodate, beloved and integrated into the curriculum, instruction and assessment. In the book “Why Culture Counts”, Donna Walker Tileston and Sandra Darling have talked about how culture and poverty both affects teaching and learning.
Collab
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ching
is a
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mic pro
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that
educ
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cons
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reco
nfigu
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fit ins
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plans
and t
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