Culturally Culturally Responsive Responsive

TeachingTeaching

Krista RuaneKrista Ruane

Juan AcostaJuan Acosta

Dan LardaroDan Lardaro

THE HOOKTHE HOOK

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OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to By the end of this lesson, you will be able to identify and implement teaching methods identify and implement teaching methods that relate to the specific culture of your that relate to the specific culture of your students, and as a result learn how to students, and as a result learn how to motivate students to learn more effectively. motivate students to learn more effectively.

But Why Do We Need to But Why Do We Need to Know This Krista, Dan, Know This Krista, Dan,

and Juan? and Juan? We need to know this because as future We need to know this because as future

teachers it is necessary that we learn to teachers it is necessary that we learn to recognize, respect, and use students’ recognize, respect, and use students’ backgrounds as a tool to motivate the backgrounds as a tool to motivate the students to learn.students to learn.

Culturally Responsive Culturally Responsive Teaching: What Is It?!Teaching: What Is It?!

Culturally Responsive Education is the idea Culturally Responsive Education is the idea that culture is central to student learning. It that culture is central to student learning. It utilizes cultural referents to impart utilizes cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes. knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Ways to Be Culturally Ways to Be Culturally Responsive In Your Responsive In Your

TeachingTeaching High Expectations High Expectations

Being Active as a TeacherBeing Active as a Teacher

Being a Facilitator in the ClassroomBeing a Facilitator in the Classroom

Positive Perspectives of the Families of Positive Perspectives of the Families of StudentsStudents

Cultural SensitivityCultural Sensitivity

Reshape CurriculumReshape Curriculum

Student Controlled Classroom DiscussionsStudent Controlled Classroom Discussions

High ExpectationsHigh Expectations

High expectations influence teacher-student High expectations influence teacher-student relations and affect student performance relations and affect student performance and motivation.and motivation.

Teachers need to understand that how Teachers need to understand that how students act has a direct relationship to students act has a direct relationship to their community. their community.

Teachers need to give positive feedback to the Teachers need to give positive feedback to the students and praise their students.students and praise their students.

Schools need to de-track and pose challenges Schools need to de-track and pose challenges to the students through the curriculum. to the students through the curriculum.

Being Active as a Being Active as a TeacherTeacher

To be an active teacher, you need to adapt To be an active teacher, you need to adapt your teaching styles to ones that empower your teaching styles to ones that empower the students to control their own learning.the students to control their own learning.

An example of Active Teaching: A Question-An example of Active Teaching: A Question-Based CurriculumBased Curriculum

Encourages students to work together on work Encourages students to work together on work that is socially and culturally relevant to them.that is socially and culturally relevant to them.

This helps the students to learn both inside and This helps the students to learn both inside and outside of the school, and help them outside of the school, and help them understand real-life issues. understand real-life issues.

Being a Facilitator in the Being a Facilitator in the ClassroomClassroom

Teachers need to develop learning activities Teachers need to develop learning activities that are relevant and relate to students’ and that are relevant and relate to students’ and their experiences. their experiences.

Teachers need to have certain approaches to Teachers need to have certain approaches to reach students in culturally appropriate ways.reach students in culturally appropriate ways.

Teachers need to have knowledge of the language Teachers need to have knowledge of the language and culture of the students and what they play in and culture of the students and what they play in their lives.their lives.

Teachers can do this through effective Teachers can do this through effective classroom management.classroom management.

Positive Perspectives of Positive Perspectives of the Students’ Parentsthe Students’ Parents

Parents play a huge role in Culturally Responsive Parents play a huge role in Culturally Responsive Teaching.Teaching.

To help the parents become effective, as a teacher, To help the parents become effective, as a teacher, you need to talk to parents as early as possible you need to talk to parents as early as possible about their:about their:

Hopes for their childHopes for their child What they believe their child needsWhat they believe their child needs How you, as a teacher, can help their studentHow you, as a teacher, can help their student

You can invite the parents to participate in their You can invite the parents to participate in their students education in ways that advance their students education in ways that advance their child’s education, to show your own investment. child’s education, to show your own investment.

Cultural SensitivityCultural Sensitivity

As a teacher you CANNOT devalue the culture of As a teacher you CANNOT devalue the culture of your students, because it has demoralizing and your students, because it has demoralizing and negative effects on the students.negative effects on the students.

Cultural sensitivity is based on teaching lessons Cultural sensitivity is based on teaching lessons in ways that are familiar to and interest the in ways that are familiar to and interest the student.student.

Teachers need to gain knowledge of the cultures Teachers need to gain knowledge of the cultures represented in their classrooms to help them represented in their classrooms to help them create lessons and methods of teaching.create lessons and methods of teaching.

In doing this, the students will use their knowledge In doing this, the students will use their knowledge and experiences from their own culture to motivate and experiences from their own culture to motivate learning. learning.

Reshape CurriculumReshape Curriculum

In order to reshape the curriculum, you In order to reshape the curriculum, you need to challenge the students in a way need to challenge the students in a way that includes their culture, rather than that includes their culture, rather than ignoring it.ignoring it.

The curriculum needs to connect to the child’s The curriculum needs to connect to the child’s life, develops their knowledge, and uses diverse life, develops their knowledge, and uses diverse learning styles (all which are relevant to the learning styles (all which are relevant to the student’s life and culture.student’s life and culture.

Student Controlled Student Controlled Classroom DiscussionsClassroom Discussions

It is not only necessary for a teacher to be It is not only necessary for a teacher to be aware of the cultural diversity, but the aware of the cultural diversity, but the students can use their experiences to students can use their experiences to involve themselves in classroom involve themselves in classroom discussions. discussions.

Through sharing experiences, and seeing Through sharing experiences, and seeing how it relates to the lesson, they are able to how it relates to the lesson, they are able to advance their knowledge of the subject.advance their knowledge of the subject.