Building a culturally responsive classroom environment
Noor KipliMohamad Lukman Al Hadi
Muhamad Zulhanafi
Lets Brainstorm!!!
The Murut
Traditional Costumes
Language
• speak 15 languages and 21 dialects• it has divided into 3 groups languages– Murut language group– Northern Murut language group– Tidung language group
Traditional Dance
• Magunatip Dance (video)• Magunatip derived from the word 'Apit',
which means “the pins”. • Magunatip performed in the Magginakan Day
who worships the spirit of the paddy.
Beliefs
• Wedding Ceremony– A man can only get married after he has presented
at least one head that he has hunted to the family of the desired girl
– wedding ceremony held for five days• Funeral Ceremony– The Murut keep the bodies of their deceased in a
jar and place them in colourful and elaborately decorated grave-huts along with the deceased’s belongings
Session 1
Ways to Preserve culture
Sociolinguistic
Teaching strategies
Activities
• Multilanguage
• Multiethnic
• Multicultural
Inside/ outside classroom
Session 2
Example of positive and supportive classroom plan
Effective
Teachers
Alert
Systematic
Patient
Good planner
Effective communi
cation
Management of Teaching and Learning
Implement
EvaluationImprovement
Plan
Stages in Management of Teaching and Learning
Culture – Based Assessment
Principles of culture based
assessment
Language
Assess what you had taught
Able to portray the individual differences in
learning.
Fair to all students