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Please check, just in case…. Announcements. Reading review due now. Presentations begin next week. The strategies jigsaws begin the week after that. What resources might you already have that could be useful? Or, where could you get some?
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Announcements Reading review due now. Presentations begin next week. The strategies jigsaws begin the week after that. What resources might you already have that could be useful? Or, where could you get some? Make an appointment to meet with me with any questions you have about upcoming assignments or class topics/concepts.
APA Tip of the Day: Double spacing Everything in an academic paper should be double spaced. This includes: Block indented quotes (those that are 40 words or more) AND Your reference list. Do NOT put extra lines in between paragraphs, before or after headings, or between citations.
March 24, 2014 Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Today’s Readings: Banks (2009), Suina & Smolkin (1994), and McLeskey et al (2013)
Compare Nieto’s and Bank’s definition of these terms and identify exampleof each from educational contexts: Discrimination Prejudice Racism Power Privilege Minority Institutional vs. individual racism Institutional vs. individual discrimination
Think about the many taken-for-granted assumptions, such as those revealed in this video, that might cause misunderstandings for teachers and students who come from different backgrounds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT0kzF4A-WQ&feature=related
Quick Write: What is your stance on multicultural and/or culturally responsive education? Does it/will it have a place in your practice? How? For what purposes?
Culturally responsive teaching “Practices that support successful educational outcomes for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds” NCCRESt, 2006-2008) Redesigning “learning environments to address the educational needs of their [teachers’] increasingly diverse students” (King, Artiles, Kozleski, 2009, p. 4)
Culturally responsive teaching: Ladsen-Billings, 1995 Communication of high expectations Active teaching methods Teacher as facilitator Inclusion of CLD students Cultural sensitivity Reshaping the curriculum Student-controlled classroom discourse Small group instruction and academically-related discourse
Think-Pair-Share What do you think might be some of the different purposes for multicultural education, ethnic studies, and/or culturally responsive pedagogy? How might these approaches differ in their purposes?
Looking ahead… Topic: Presentations Read: no assigned eadings