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ct898 Rossi Lo2 Rationale
ct898 Rossi Lo2 Rationale
C&T 898
In this paper I used research from Dimitrijevic (2015), Maloney (2016), Causey
and Thomas (2000), Kahn (2014) to support my claim that teachers need to enter the
classroom more culturally responsive. Initially, I chose this topic because I was seeing in
my classroom the increase of diversity in my students. I also spoke to other teachers and
administration and they noted that their classrooms have become more diverse over the
past decade. This made me question if teachers that have been teaching for multiple years
or even newer teachers have the proper training and understanding to teach the wide
range of cultural groups we are seeing in the classroom. In the research I conducted for
this paper, I learned that several teachers claimed that they have set perceptions of ELL
students and what culturally and linguistically diverse thinking looks like. If you were to
approach me two years ago and ask if I had cultural bias, I would answer no. However,
after researching what cultural bias looks like I learned that many times parents of the
minority cultural group are responsible for transferring inappropriate values children have
about certain cultural groups. So even if I didn’t think I was culturally bias I was still
doing and thinking things that could display bias behaviors. These initial thoughts and
bias I had developed led me into the research I conducted for my paper.
Since writing this paper, I learned more about what a CALD classroom looks like,
how teachers should approach a CALD classroom and why it may be difficult for
teachers to enter a CALD classroom without appropriate practice and training. This paper
also allowed me to make changes in my classroom. I created a more culturally responsive
classroom library that includes books where all students can see people and families that
look like themselves. I also have books in different languages from countries around the
world. After writing this paper I made even more of an effort to build relationships with
all my students. I want to learn about where my students are from and what their cultural
practices and beliefs are. By gathering this information on my students I am able to learn
more about them and also adapt my instruction to include elements that they can
personally relate to. It is incredibly important for students to be educated on different
cultures. If the exposure of different cultures begins at a young age that can also prepare
students for the culturally diverse world they will encounter in life.
As I reach the end of my program I can also draw connections from this paper to
courses I took in my graduate program. In my graduate program we learned about the
importance of supporting all students, implementing new instructional practices, and
assessing students learning. In this research paper I was able to learn about the point of
view of a culturally diverse student and ways to make the student feel welcomed and
included in the classroom. A student’s social and emotional learning affects the way they
learn and this paper assisted me in learning about how to create a culturally responsive
classroom where students feel socially and emotionally welcomed. I am glad I wrote this
paper because it impacted me as a learner and educated me on what is happening in our
classrooms across the nation. This research paper demonstrates how I reflected on my
own identity to realize how my previous experiences may affect the way I teach my
students now. I also explain how I can foster more inclusive environments and learning
opportunities so that all students entering my classroom feel welcomed and accepted.
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