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 Question
How can understanding students from different
backgrounds help us to grow as educators?
 Contributions Approach
Reflects the surface level of culture—such as
celebrating holidays—but does not provide an indepth student of more profound cultural
elements.
Decision-making/Social Action
Approach
 Additive Approach
Incorporates 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 Approach
 Transformative Approach
In this approach examining cultural and ethic
differences drives instruction—understanding the
concepts, events , issues and perspectives is key to
learning the content being presented.
Additive Approach
 Decision-making/Social Action
Approach
Is 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.
Contributions Approach
Set
Appropriately
High
Expectations
For All
Students
Revolve
Instruction
Around
Students
Working In
Groups and
Pairs
Turn Over
Control of
Portions of
The Lessons
To The
Students
Create
Positive
Relationships
with Families
and the
Community
Culturally
Responsive
Instruction
Transition
From Teacher
to Facilitator
of Learning
Employ Active
Teaching
Methods
Capable of
Involving All
Students
Promote The
Creation of A
Culturally
Sensitive
Environment
You are talking but are your
students listening?
Can they even understand
what you are saying?
The world is changing, Are you
ready?
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.
Set
Appropriately
High
Expectations
For All
Students
Revolve
Instruction
Around
Students
Working In
Groups and
Pairs
Turn Over
Control of
Portions of
The Lessons
To The
Students
Create
Positive
Relationships
with Family
and
Community
Culturally
Responsive
Instruction
Transition
From Teacher
to Facilitator
of Learning
Employ Active
Teaching
Methods
Capable of
Involving All
Students
Promote The
Creation of A
Culturally
Sensitive
Environment
•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
The New Plan:
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
Provide 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
Make 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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