A Native Hawaiian Classroom Analysis

When I started writing this, I had no clue what it would be about. I was told “It has to be perfect.” “It has to explain you without you explaining yourself.” “You have to give it meaning without being asked for anything.” “If it isn’t good enough, admission officers won't give your application a second glance.” So, I put off writing it, pondering it over and over in my mind. I’m so glad I put it off, because until recently, I didn’t know what it was keeping me in Hawai’i. My mom lives in Oregon now, and I had the option to move with her because she still has custody. Something kept me here, though, and I wasn’t sure what. Through reminiscing and building more memories, I realized what it was. It was how much I love being Hawaiian. The food,

In the United States today there is a great amount of cultural diversity, but unfortunately the predominant American culture causes other cultures to be overlooked causing difficulties for students of other cultures to succeed in the American school system. This is what happens in the story of the Indian Wind-Wolf as he begins going to kindergarten. For Wind-Wolf, this is his first time outside of the Indian culture and it is very difficult for him to be the only Indian boy in his classroom. It causes him to feel like an outcast. As educators, teachers have the responsibility to create an environment in the classroom that makes each student feel that they belong there. For Wind-Wolf, and any other students in a cultural minority, the typical classroom does not have these necessary qualities. There are a few ways Wind-Wolf 's teacher can create the classroom environment necessary for his success: working with his father to see what will be helpful for his learning experience, being culturally responsive, and incorporating his culture into the classroom.

The decision to leave my hometown, has been a definite turning point in my life, showing me what it means to live in a diverse society vs. the narrow minded, sheltered existence that I was raised in.

In order for teachers to create a learning environment that is culturally responsive to each individual student, a teacher must learn the student’s funds of knowledge. The importance of learning the funds of knowledge of your students is crucial. A teacher can approach learning more about a student’s prior knowledge and culture in a variety of ways, including, instructing personal interviews with questions about their personal life such as what are the most important things in your life. Another way to discover your student’s funds of knowledge is by placing yourself in their shoes and doing a school and community walk through. You can also be provided with more insight into your student’s lives by conducting an adult interview from someone that also lives in the same community. In order for me to create lessons and classroom practices that are culturally responsive is by discovering my student’s funds of knowledge. I am at Blackwell Elementary School, which is located in Marietta and is apart of the Cobb County District. After having the students create heart maps and interviewing them, doing a school and community walkthrough, and talking with an adult, I was greatly impacted by all the new information and perspectives I learned. Without going through this process to obtain the information, I would have no knowledge on my students or the community surrounding Blackwell besides what meets the eye. This experience impacted my own thinking about the school I am working in for

I believe that our culture helps to shape our identity and therefore I believe that early childhood education should reflect the culture of the children attending the program, while teaching other cultures to promote diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal Head Start programs are contributing back to the communities through culturally responsive education, which reinforces Aboriginal identity. Nguyen (2011) argues that Aboriginal early childhood education needs to provide children with a “sense of who they are and where the come from, which will impact community self-government and self-determination” (p.231). Similarly, Greenwood et al. (2007) points out that early childhood education should socialize children into their heritage and ancestry through programs that reflect their community and nation. The Aboriginal Head Start programs foster the education of both Aboriginal culture and language into the program in hopes that this inspires children to learn their respective language and participate in their communities (Nguyen,

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Embedding Indigenous perspectives are paramount for all students to advance as learners/active participants within society. Entrenching Indigenous perspectives via our mandated curriculum and three cross-curriculum framework concepts simultaneously helps learners develop a sense of identity. Students’ will build connections to ‘country/place’, ‘people’ via language and experiences, and ‘societies’ through the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

I couldn’t help but think that I contributed to its diversity as well, just on that one subway car alone. Each person having a story to tell and something to offer the world. There should be a million other important thing on my mind while I’m headed to my first class of college. But the only thing I can think of now are my grandparents. Coming in from different countries, I could only imagine that felling that overcame them steppig into New York City for the first time. They made a life for themselves, and forged a path that I am now walking on. I can only hope that I can make both my grandparents and parents proud as being the first grandchild to go to college. Education was always important to my family, and growing in the craft that you love and immersing yourself in its daily is truly a blessing. It has been said that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. I look around the subway car and see all the people on their way to work, and I can only hope that they are as content with their job as I am on my way to

community than I ever did about my hometown. I never thought that a city in North Dakota with a population of 1,000 people could have so much background and historical meaning to it. Before this project, I never would have opened my mind to learning about the important past events and the people who lived to see them.

The rich society and convention of the Hawaiians are likewise communicated in their works of art. The greater part of the fine arts of the antiquated Hawaiians are made both for tasteful and practical purposes. The kapa, for occasion is an illustration of the Hawaiians' recognized art. This is a fine material delivered from the paper mulberry plant. The completed item is utilized as swaddles for children furthermore formed to be worn as a skirt by the locals. Kapa is additionally used to make appealing covers. Other privately created works of art are produced using Lauhala or hala takes off. The completed results of Lauhala incorporate bowls, caps, and floor

What do you think when you hear a word Aloha? When I had no knowledge of Hawaii, or Hawaiian values, I thought it only means hello and welcome. I’ve learned so much about Hawaii and its values including Aloha and now I know it doesn't only mean that. Aloha can mean “love. Aloha can mean “farewell”. After I got into Kapiolani Community College, I had chance to get to know Hawaiian values and each time I’m amazed how each word have deep and thoughtful meanings. And Aloha is the basis of most of the other Hawaiian spirits. Therefore, without knowing Aloha, it’s close to impossible to understand Hawaiian cultural values and that’s why I wanted to introduce little about Aloha before I jump into the introduction of my three favorite values. In the book, Aloha is mentioned as “outpouring and receiving of the spirit” (Say, 17). Though my understanding of the word Aloha and other Hawaiian values grew from the last few semesters in KCC, I still learned a lot from reading this book and that definition of Aloha is one of the teaching from this book. This book often related the Hawaiian values to the supervisor / managing positions in the hospitality industry and how he defined managers in hospitality industry in Hawaii made me interested to read this book; he defined as “Ambassadors of the Aloha spirit” (Say, 7). When reading this book, I was able to relate some values into my own life, and I was able to come up with three values that relate most to my life, or which I love the most,

Can you translate the word “hau’oli”? Most likely not, unless you live on one of the eight islands of Hawai’i and speak fluent ‘olelo Hawai’i, (Hawaiian language). Language is much more than just a means of communication, it is an important aspect of a culture. Language is an important social function by which cultural values are preserved. This is true for people and cultures everywhere. Language allows us to pass on the ideas and knowledge of our culture to the next generation. It allows cultures to develop and grow because its people are able to share previous experiences and give guidance on what needs to be to be done to perpetuate the culture. Without language, culture would not exist.

For this part of the final I have decided to do choice number one and apply the 4 Acculturation models found in chapter 9 to my experience living in Hawaii. I have talked about my experience in Hawaii before but it is the only experience I have had living somewhere that is culturally diverse and different from what I am used to. I will only use different examples and talk about different things involving my time in Hawaii than those that I may have used before. The first of the four aspects I have chosen was the Honeymoon stage from The U-Curve model. From The Hero’s Journey: Osland’s Model of Working I chose the Magical Friend and from The Surprise and Sense-Making Model I chose the Surprise stage. Lastly from Kim’s Adaption Model I chose Intercultural Transformation.

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A student’s cultural capital will have an impact on their education. It will either be positive or it can be negative for the child. In this essay I will explain the idea of cultural capital and then use it to analyse the impact it has had on education in different settings. The first educational setting I will discuss is a story called Butterflies, written by Patricia Grace (2002), and the second being the contrast in education between high and low decile schools in New Zealand. This essay will demonstrate the implications of the inequality in education because of cultural capital, and the effects it has on a student’s presence, participation and achievement.