Other People’s Children: A Review and Discussion

1. Other People’s Children: A Review and Discussion Education in a Multicultural Society: Our Future’s Greatest Challenge Sabrina Cabanilla

2. The Culture Clash between Students and the School • Student abilities may be misinterpreted • Instructional methods conflict with learning methods • Examples: • Use of language • Display of knowledge In your experience, have you observed cultural differences that influenced student-teacher interaction?

3. Stereotyping • Asian-American • African-American • Native-American Other examples, and how these stereotypes limit expectations of the student.

4. The Implications of Ignorance • Teaching less instead of more • Misjudging of community norms and family members • Enabling the “invisibility” of children What biases (if any) influenced your perception of students and their families?

5. The Poor and Culturally Diverse Children: Ways to Improve Teacher Education • More time is spent teaching educators the foundations of failure rather than tools for success. • Teachers must learn how to tap into their own awareness and understanding of cultural stereotypes; find out who students really are • Multicultural appreciation should be embedded into the curriculum How can we use our role as school psychologists to help teachers challenge students in diverse classrooms?

6. A Review • Reflections on OPC by Herbert Kohl • The Heard of Head by Charles M. Payne • OPC: The Lasting Impact by Patricia Lesesne