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Today’s Multicultural, Bilingual and Diverse Schools

Today’s Multicultural, Bilingual and Diverse Schools. ED 222 Fall 2009. Culture and the Schools. Culture is the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; a shared way of life

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Today’s Multicultural, Bilingual and Diverse Schools

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  1. Today’s Multicultural, Bilingual and Diverse Schools ED 222 Fall 2009

  2. Culture and the Schools • Culture is the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; a shared way of life • Micro-culture is a smaller group within a culture that share similar common identities such as race/ethnicity, religion, language, and geographic origin.

  3. Cultural responsiveness • The extent to which research and practice in instruction and assessment take into consideration the cognitive, linguistic, and social assets of an individual that are culturally determined and shape ways in which the individual learns and makes sense of his or her experiences.

  4. Social Context of Special Education • History of IDEA • Theories about genetic and cultural deficits • Re-emerged in the 1990’s with The Bell Curve • Theories about cultural differences • Different theories resulted in different responses by schools and school systems

  5. School System Responses • The common school • Treatment of second- and third-generation European Americans, immigrant students, and African Americans • Tracking practices • School segregation • Civil rights movement/Brown V. Board of Education • Desegregation resulted in high numbers of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds being increasingly tracked into programs for students with mental retardation

  6. Court Cases Related to Nondiscriminatory Evaluation • Larry P. V. Riles (1972, 1974)

  7. Disproportionate Representation • Risk Rations • Percentage of Students in Special Education • Gifted Education Program

  8. Factors Associated with Disproportionate Representation and Educational Equality • Racial/Ethnic Considerations • Language Considerations • Poverty Considerations • Relationships Among Race/Ethnicity, Language and Poverty • Majority Values • State/federal Policy Factors • Community Factors • School Factors • Family Factors • Student Factors

  9. Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher and Advocate • Enhance your self-awareness • Increasing your knowledge and Experiences of Other Cultures • Advocating for Systems Change • Implementing Culturally Responsive Instruction • Use the Adapting Posture of Culture Reciprocity • Incorporate Five Components for Delivering Culturally Responsive Instruction • Capitalize Upon Instructional Consultation Teams • Implement Response to Intervention

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