Competency 002

Question 1

keywords

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understanding growth and development

Question 2

the teacher understands student diversity and knows how to plan learning experiences and design assessments that are

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responsive to differences among students and that promote all students’ leaning

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diversity is

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celebrated!

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teachers are aware that children bring to the classroom a variety of

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personal and socioeconomic characteristics

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factors that children bring and teachers accept, respect, and accommodate are

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ethnicity, gender, language background, exceptionality

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teachers create a climate of apprecitation of and respect for both the

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diversity and the uniqueness of individuals and their families

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ethnocentrism is

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the natural tendency of viewing one’s own cultural or familial ways of doing things as best and most correct

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ethnocentrism can be damaging because it is

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exclusive, rather than inclusive

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effective teachers learn about the cultures represented in their classrooms and some of the language represented by each and

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use this knowledge to enhance children’s learning experience

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teachers bring each child’s home culture and language into the shared culture of the school so

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the unique contributions of each group are recognized and valued by others

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teachers make sure that children see their own lives

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reflected in classroom materials and activities

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teachers examine their own behaviors to make sure they are not modeling

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prejudicial attitudes and values or promoting stereotypical beliefs

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teachers understand the legal and ethical responsibilites associated with the

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development of individualized education programs (IEP)

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teachers integrate goals from IEPs into

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instructional activities and daily routines and work with special education professionasl and parents to address individual special needs

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teachers adapt curriculum, learning materials, instructional approaches, and the classroom environment to ensure the progress of students with special needs being sure to keep the

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same goals and objectives as are required of other sutdents

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children demonstrate different ways of acquiring and processing information so teachers should capitalize on children’s strengths by

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providing opportunities for individual children to learn in ways that are congruent with their preferred modes of learning, as well in modes in which they are not strong