Addressing Cultural and Socioeconomic Diversity Flashcards
Describe how Verbal Communication Patterns in respect to Ethnicity can often lead to misunderstandings:
Some students may not understand taking turns speaking, some students may be reluctant to speak or perform publicly
Describe how Nonverbal Communication in respect to Ethnicity can often lead to misunderstandings:
Not all cultures value direct eye contact like American culture, differences in communication forms such as proximity, gestures, and touching
Describe how Time Orientation in respect to Ethnicity can often lead to misunderstandings:
American culture is very time bound with concrete starts and stops to accomplish tasks, many cultures are not so time oriented and may struggle to adapt to such rigidity
Describe how Social Values in respect to Ethnicity can often lead to misunderstandings:
Cultures outside the U.S value cooperation a bit more than competition, and other culture put emphasis on group pride as opposed to individual accomplishment
Describe how Instructional Formats in respect to Ethnicity can often lead to misunderstandings:
Not all cultures benefit from direct instruction, it is good to include role-play, peer tutoring, and small group instruction
What effect does SES have on Learning?
Dropout rates are higher for students from low SES, lower standardized test scores for low SES
What barriers to instruction does SES create?
Teachers develop expectancies that are biases that hinder their ability to perceive growth in their students
What strategies can you apply to better manage diversity of SES?
Setting standards all students can achieve, maintain uniform order in the classroom, be available for students, be flexible in teaching modes, make an effort to understand each student
Explain Banks’ theory of multicultural education through the Contributions approach:
Description
ethnic historical figures whose values and behaviors are consistent with American mainstream culture (e.g., Booker T. Washington, Sacajawea) are studied, whereas individuals who have challenged the dominant view (such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Geronimo) are ignored.
Explain Banks’ theory of multicultural education through the Ethnic Additive approach:
instructional unit composed of concepts, themes, points of view, and individual accomplishments is simply added to the curriculum
Explain Banks’ theory of multicultural education through the Transformative approach:
there is no one valid way of understanding people, events, concepts, and themes. Rather, there are multiple views, and each has something of value to offer.
Explain Banks’ theory of multicultural education through the Decision-making and Social Action approach:
incorporates all of the components of the previous approaches and adds the requirement that students make decisions and take actions concerning a concept, issue, or problem being studied.
