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Erica Hernandez-Scott. The Virtual IUE: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Virtual Learning Environments. The Institute for Urban Education.
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Erica Hernandez-Scott The Virtual IUE: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Virtual Learning Environments
The Institute for Urban Education … is a teacher preparation program in the School of Education at the University of Missouri – Kansas City that was designed to prepare the exemplary teachers for urban schools (Institute for Urban Education [IUE], 2008a).
Culturally Responsive Teaching … is a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes (Ladson-Billings, 1994).
The Strands of Culturally Responsive Teaching • Self-transformation • The Learning Community • Responsive Curriculum • Responsive and Responsible Pedagogy
Virtual Learning Activities • Self-transformation • Parent-teacher conferences with and without cultural competence • The Learning Community • Teaching with and without a learning community • Responsive Curriculum • Teaching with and without a multicultural curriculum • Responsive and Responsible Pedagogy • Teaching with and without active learning strategies
Evaluation • Pre- and Post-Surveys for each activity Table 1. Self-transformation Survey – Sample Items
References Institute for Urban Education. (2008a). IUE Information Packet. Kansas City, MO: Author. Ladson-Billings, G. (1994). The dreamkeepers: Successful teachers of African American children. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.