Question: What is the best approach to address parents when they visit your classroom who do not accept multiculturlism?
Quote: What is in the environment also alerts children to what the teacher considers important or not important. Children are as vulerable to omission as they are to inacccuracies and stereotypes. What isn't [seen] can be a powerful a contributor to attitudes as what is seen? (Derman-Sparks pg.270)
Fact: Multiculturalness, according to Davidman and Davidman (2007), is the perspective and posture the teacher assumes and imparts through her or his classroom practices, even when teaching an all-European American class. Simply said, multiculturalness is a quality that must define classroom teaching.
Questions:
1.) The role of teachers as multicultural curriculum designers fosters from 4 steps.
1.) Knowing ourselves as teachers. Examine a teacher's beliefs and their method of teaching.
2.) Assuming our present practices. Evaluate program offered and the needs of the children. Evaluation of the current curriculum to determine the content and process used.
3) Designing the program. Know the goals and objectives to have and the approach that you will use as a teacher.Be educated on resources and materials available to you.
4) Implementing. When will actions take place? How can one find out about their effects?
2.) The significance of developmentally and culturally appropriate practices in the curriculum are skills that are connected to valuable and real-world experiences, which provides the opportunities to master knowledge. All children are competent and their learning must be rooted in experiences appropriate to their developmental age level and cultures.
3)The characteristics of an early childhood, multicultural educator are:
1) has a sound knowledge about child development that he or she uses and applies to classroom teaching
2) believes that multiculturalism is an integral part of our society and that school need to incorporate multiculturalism into their programs
3) is committed to helping the child face and understand our social diversity
4) is aware of and works to clarify his or her own ideas about diversity, biases, and beliefs, and recognizes and accepts his or her own diversity and that of children
5) holds high expectations equally for all childrne and helps all children to develpo to their fullest
6) works and interacts in a respectful way with all families as partners and collaborators for the benefit of the child
7) is willing to try out new methods and materials to accomodate the needs of children
8) is constantly assessing his or her own teaching to guarantee its responsiveness to the children's needs
9) is constantly searching for new approaches and/or methods to improve multicultural teaching
10) creates a classroom environment where tolerance, respect, and openness to learn and understand others are its essential characteristics
11) keeps a positive, willing, and open attitude toward self and others as professionals
12) recognizes that reality is a composite of many different perspectives
These characteristics should describe a classroom teacher who will use their skills and knowledge for the best interests of the children in their classroom.
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Question: What is the best approach to address parents when they visit your classroom who do not accept multiculturlism?
Quote: What is in the environment also alerts children to what the teacher considers important or not important. Children are as vulerable to omission as they are to inacccuracies and stereotypes. What isn't [seen] can be a powerful a contributor to attitudes as what is seen? (Derman-Sparks pg.270)
Fact: Multiculturalness, according to Davidman and Davidman (2007), is the perspective and posture the teacher assumes and imparts through her or his classroom practices, even when teaching an all-European American class. Simply said, multiculturalness is a quality that must define classroom teaching.
Questions:
1.) The role of teachers as multicultural curriculum designers fosters from 4 steps.
1.) Knowing ourselves as teachers. Examine a teacher's beliefs and their method of teaching.
2.) Assuming our present practices. Evaluate program offered and the needs of the children. Evaluation of the current curriculum to determine the content and process used.
3) Designing the program. Know the goals and objectives to have and the approach that you will use as a teacher.Be educated on resources and materials available to you.
4) Implementing. When will actions take place? How can one find out about their effects?
2.) The significance of developmentally and culturally appropriate practices in the curriculum are skills that are connected to valuable and real-world experiences, which provides the opportunities to master knowledge. All children are competent and their learning must be rooted in experiences appropriate to their developmental age level and cultures.
3)The characteristics of an early childhood, multicultural educator are:
1) has a sound knowledge about child development that he or she uses and applies to classroom teaching
2) believes that multiculturalism is an integral part of our society and that school need to incorporate multiculturalism into their programs
3) is committed to helping the child face and understand our social diversity
4) is aware of and works to clarify his or her own ideas about diversity, biases, and beliefs, and recognizes and accepts his or her own diversity and that of children
5) holds high expectations equally for all childrne and helps all children to develpo to their fullest
6) works and interacts in a respectful way with all families as partners and collaborators for the benefit of the child
7) is willing to try out new methods and materials to accomodate the needs of children
8) is constantly assessing his or her own teaching to guarantee its responsiveness to the children's needs
9) is constantly searching for new approaches and/or methods to improve multicultural teaching
10) creates a classroom environment where tolerance, respect, and openness to learn and understand others are its essential characteristics
11) keeps a positive, willing, and open attitude toward self and others as professionals
12) recognizes that reality is a composite of many different perspectives
These characteristics should describe a classroom teacher who will use their skills and knowledge for the best interests of the children in their classroom.
Quote: What is in the environment also alerts children to what the teacher considers important or not important. Children are as vulerable to omission as they are to inacccuracies and stereotypes. What isn't [seen] can be a powerful a contributor to attitudes as what is seen? (Derman-Sparks pg.270)
Fact: Multiculturalness, according to Davidman and Davidman (2007), is the perspective and posture the teacher assumes and imparts through her or his classroom practices, even when teaching an all-European American class. Simply said, multiculturalness is a quality that must define classroom teaching.
Questions:
1.) The role of teachers as multicultural curriculum designers fosters from 4 steps.
1.) Knowing ourselves as teachers. Examine a teacher's beliefs and their method of teaching.
2.) Assuming our present practices. Evaluate program offered and the needs of the children. Evaluation of the current curriculum to determine the content and process used.
3) Designing the program. Know the goals and objectives to have and the approach that you will use as a teacher.Be educated on resources and materials available to you.
4) Implementing. When will actions take place? How can one find out about their effects?
2.) The significance of developmentally and culturally appropriate practices in the curriculum are skills that are connected to valuable and real-world experiences, which provides the opportunities to master knowledge. All children are competent and their learning must be rooted in experiences appropriate to their developmental age level and cultures.
3)The characteristics of an early childhood, multicultural educator are:
1) has a sound knowledge about child development that he or she uses and applies to classroom teaching
2) believes that multiculturalism is an integral part of our society and that school need to incorporate multiculturalism into their programs
3) is committed to helping the child face and understand our social diversity
4) is aware of and works to clarify his or her own ideas about diversity, biases, and beliefs, and recognizes and accepts his or her own diversity and that of children
5) holds high expectations equally for all childrne and helps all children to develpo to their fullest
6) works and interacts in a respectful way with all families as partners and collaborators for the benefit of the child
7) is willing to try out new methods and materials to accomodate the needs of children
8) is constantly assessing his or her own teaching to guarantee its responsiveness to the children's needs
9) is constantly searching for new approaches and/or methods to improve multicultural teaching
10) creates a classroom environment where tolerance, respect, and openness to learn and understand others are its essential characteristics
11) keeps a positive, willing, and open attitude toward self and others as professionals
12) recognizes that reality is a composite of many different perspectives
These characteristics should describe a classroom teacher who will use their skills and knowledge for the best interests of the children in their classroom.
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