The art of

Teaching and
Today’s
Students
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EDU 201 - Madelyn Doerr - Professor Susan Bridges

 Instruction: Please take about 5-10
Questions to ask minutes to answer the first question of

yourself the slide.

How is culture important in today’s How are schools meeting the needs
schools? Of English Language Learners?

What Contributes to the Cultural Diversity What is multicultural education

In U.S. Classrooms? And culturally responsive teaching?

How Can Teachers Strive to Provide Equal

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Educational Opportunity for All Students?

 Sharing and Discussing

Five students will be chosen to share their thoughts

regarding how culture is important in today’s school’s
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 Why culture is important in today’s schools:

● The classroom will be made up of students from

many different backgrounds
● Students need the opportunity to learn from their
classmate’s cultures and/or traditions
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We will start by learning about
what contributes to the
cultural diversity in U.S.
Classrooms
●RISING NUMBER OF STUDENTS OF
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT PARENTS
●DEFINING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
●STEREOTYPING AND RACISM
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 RISING NUMBER OF STUDENTS OF
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT
PARENTS

The graph presented helps show the percentages of

children in immigrant families
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 Dimensions of Culture
Culture Identity Ethnic Group

An overall sense of who an Individuals within a larger culture

individual is. This can be defined by who share a self defined racial or
age, racial identity, gender, and cultural identity.
beliefs.
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 Contributors to Cultural Identity
Religion in School affects Culture is important in
the way we teach: school because:

● Sex education ● It allows students to

● Evolution learn about diversity
● Liberal POV’s ● Teaches different
ways to approach the
world
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 The definition of culture Culture is defined as
is the way of life
common to a group
of people. It consists
of the values,
attitudes, and beliefs
that influence their
traditions and
behavior. It is also a
way of interacting
with and looking at
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the world.
 Cultural Pluralism

● Distinguishing characteristics of culture

that are to be preserved rather than
blended.
● A policy that allows each group within
society to keep its unique cultural identity.
● An example of cultural pluralism is
Switzerland. Here, they have three
different languages (German, French, and
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Italian).
 Racism vs. Stereotyping
Racism is
the prejudicial belief that
one’s ethnic or racial group
is superior to others.
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Stereotyping is
the process of attributing
behavioral characteristics to all
members of a group. In some cases,
stereotypes are formed on the
basis of limited experiences with
and information about the group
being stereotyped, and the validity
of these stereotypes is not
questioned. Within any cultural
group that shares a broad cultural
heritage,
 How Can Teachers Strive to Provide
Equal Educational Opportunity for All
Students?
Teachers must appreciate how many groups of people
have continuously struggled to obtain full educational,
economic, political, and social opportunities in society. It is
also very important to note the concept of minorities
and groups that have lacked power in the U.S.
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 Groups of People who have
traditionally lacked power in
the U.S.

● Immigrants
● The poor
● Minority religions
● Non-English Speakers
● Disabled individuals
● Women
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● Members of the LGBTQ community

 What does educational
opportunity mean?
Promoting full development of students as individuals without a regard for race,
ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.
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 Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education Act:
Requires that language minority
students be taught in both native
language and english

Equal Educational Opportunity Act:

States that the school district must
take appropriate action to overcome
language barrier that impede equal
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participation by students in
instructional programs.
 What is Multicultural
Education?
Addresses needs and Criticized for focusing on Criticized for not addressing
backgrounds of all students differences instead of powers that keep groups from
regardless of cultural identity. similarities. participating equitably in
society.
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 Dimensions of multicultural
education
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 Education and Gender
How to create a gender
Gender Bias bias free classroom

• Become aware of differences in

bias—subtle favoritism or
discrimination on the basis of
gender.
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interactions with girls and boys.
• Promote boys’ achievement in
reading and writing and girls’
achievement in mathematics and
science. • Reduce young children’s
self-imposed sexism. • Teach about
sexism and sex role stereotyping. •
Foster an atmosphere of
collaboration between girls and
boys.
 In addition to gender bias,
some students experience
discrimination on the basis
of their gender identity
and/or sexual orientation.

This youtube video helps

explain gender Identity
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 Chapter 8 Timeline

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

We will go Students will ask Students will Students will Students will
through the any questions break into groups take a vocabulary take a multiple
powerpoint and they might have and each write quiz (Formative) choice test on the
students will about this week’s three facts on a chapter.
take notes lesson poster board
regarding cultural
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diversity.