Content Area Reading Chapter 3 Vacca/Vacca/Mraz

Culturally Responsive Teaching in Diverse

Classrooms

How Would It Feel To Suddenly Be Dropped Into A New Cultural Setting?

Where We Are Going…Objectives•To understand how it feels to be different in a tradition classroom setting•To develop strategies to teach a diverse student population•To look on student differences as a resource and learn how individuals in a diverse classroom can benefit the instruction of all students

Essential QuestionHow can understanding students from different backgrounds help us to grow as educators?

Spectrum of Multicultural Instructional Approaches Contributions Approach

Reflects the surface level of culture—such as celebrating holidays—but does not provide an in-depth student of more profound cultural elements.

Additive ApproachIncorporates multiple perspectives when investigating a topic—like looking at a historical event from a different cultural viewpoint—but the addition is incidental to instruction and the curriculum remains largely unchanged.

Transformative ApproachIn this approach examining cultural and ethic differences drives instruction—understanding the concepts, events , issues and perspectives is key to learning the content being presented.

Decision-making/Social Action ApproachIs designed to engage students in a project or activity that encourages students to learn about multicultural issues, evaluate it from various cultural points of views and take action on those conclusions in the interest of social justice.

Decision-making/Social Action Approach

Transformative Approach

Additive Approach

Contributions Approach

Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom

Culturally Responsiv

e Instructio

n

Set Appropriatel

y High Expectation

s For All Students Create

Positive Relationshi

ps with Families and the

Community

Promote The

Creation of A Culturally

Sensitive Environmen

t

Employ Active

Teaching Methods

Capable of Involving All

Students

Transition From

Teacher to Facilitator of Learning

Turn Over Control of Portions of

The Lessons To The

Students

Revolve Instruction

Around Students

Working In Groups and

Pairs

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How Do You Think Your Students Feel?

If this exercise made you feel confused, isolated or ignorant…

You are talking but are your students listening?

Can they even understand what you are

saying?

The world is changing, Are you ready?

Linguistic Differences: Past, Present and Future

The English Language Learner (ELL) student population continues to grow more rapidly than the student population as a whole. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics the general population has grown 9% from 1993 to 2003, while the ELL population has grown 65% in that same time. The ELL student population now comprises 10% of all students. By 2030, projections estimate that ELL students will make up 40% of all students in elementary and secondary schools. That means in a class of 30 students 12 students may have no idea what you are saying.

Culturally Responsive Instruction

Set Appropriately High

Expectations For All Students

Create Positive Relationships

with Family and Community

Promote The Creation of A

Culturally Sensitive

Environment Employ Active Teaching

Methods Capable of Involving All

Students

Transition From Teacher to

Facilitator of Learning

Turn Over Control of Portions of The

Lessons To The Students

Revolve Instruction

Around Students Working In

Groups and Pairs

Finding A Different Approach…

Let’s Try This Again…A Better Way!•Multiple Modes of Instruction•Have Students Working in Groups•Allow Students to Teach Each Other•Let the Students See What the Final Product Should Look Like 1.) Watch the

Video and Fold Along

2.) Have Instructions

with Diagrams in Front of You

3.) Have an Example of

the Finished Product

4.) Work in Groups of Four and

Help Each Other

The New Plan:

Teaching With The Diverse Learner In MindProvide

Comprehensible Input

Use Strategies for Vocabulary

Development

Differentiate Between Intensive

and Extensive Reading

Teach students the Repeated Reading

Strategy

Use Learning Strategies for Active

Engagement

Use Writing Strategies

Adapting Instruction for

Diverse Learners in

Content Area Classrooms

Lesson Planning With Diversity in Mind: Using The SIOP Model

Bringing It All Together

For Your Independent Practice:Choose Your Own Cultural AdventureMake a memory! Your independent practice this week is to plan your own cultural adventure. In a half page paper, write a detailed plan of how you would participate in an activity that would help you to learn more about a new culture. Look at some examples:•Attend a cooking class to learn about another culture’s cuisine•Learn to play a game from another country•Go to a dance class and learn about the dance traditions and music of the country that dance originated from•Attend a service at a place of worship of a religion you are unfamiliar with and learn about their traditions•Plan an outing to a foreign food restaurant, look up a menu and learn about the foods and plan what you will order in advance

Extra credit will be given for students who choose to carry out their plan and share their experiences with the rest of the class.

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