Culturally Relevant Strategies

Culturally Relevant Strategies Jennifer Sillaway COUN5336 Counseling and Advocacy with Diverse Populations February 24, 2013 Dr. Kaisha Thomas Aspirations Mental health counseling was not the career path in which I envisioned myself embarking on. Becoming a mental health counselor has many challenges and benefits. Along my career path I have had the pleasure of getting to know a variety of positions within mental health. Finding the definition of a mental health counselor can be defined

responsibility for their own learning. Lastly, these teachers also went beyond the classroom to show support for their students such as attending community events. These observations led Ladson-Billings to realize that in order for “teachers to use culturally relevant pedagogy successfully, they must also show respect for students, and understand the need for the students to operate in the dual worlds of their home community and the

The development and implementation of a culturally relevant teaching and learning pedagogy is essential for the academic growth and success of our diverse student populations. Educational leaders must be able to embrace a school culture that reflects the students, in order to engage students through culturally relevant teaching and learning experiences. For the implementation of a culturally relevant teaching and learning pedagogy, administration must engage the faculty and staff to reduce learning

Rationale: To make a classroom culturally relevant environment, teachers need to be able to recognize all diverse cultures in the class, and integrate this to the curriculum. Also, teachers teaching these students from different backgrounds, who in the most cases speak other language than English, need to implement instructional strategies that promote language comprehension, and development, so students can be successful in the unit. This artifact demonstrates how language acquisition is promoted

Inquiry Report: Initial ‘Draft” Considerations I. Study Focus: The focus of my inquiry will be to investigate the effectiveness of culturally responsive teaching methods in addressing the achievement gaps of racially, culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse students (RCELD). Many researchers posit that the major causes of underachievement of racially, culturally, ethically, and linguistically diverse students are the disproportionate representation of these students’ cultural and ethnic backgrounds

journal article, titled “Culturally relevant texts and reading assessment for English Language Learners” by Ann E. Ebe a PhD. at Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, believes, that culturally relevant texts are an important key for teaching, and thus assessing ELLs per literacy comprehension (Ebe, 2010). Ebe believes that students who are English Language Learners have a higher level of comprehension when they are reading texts which are culturally relevant to them as opposed to reading

Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Strategies Korianne Shafer SOC312: Child Family & Society (BMF1441A) Art Tolentino October 27, 2014 Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Strategies Diversity encompasses numerous characteristics including socio-economic background, ethnicity, special needs, gender, and giftedness (Cazden, 2001). Today, classrooms are getting more varied and diverse with students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and students with a disability. It

environment factors and society factors in the research, which limits the understanding of different factors that causes the population to face oppression. What comprises culturally relevant research is research that explores a group culture and environmental factors that contributes to their oppression. Culturally relevant research consists of contextuality, relevance, communication, awareness, disclosure, empowerment, and time. According

partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Striate Islander people, I will discuss the following points. -How culture and history can impact on service delivery -Cultural safety -Skills and competencies that need to be considered when delivering culturally sound services -Strategies that can increase the participation of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people within an organisation. -How partnerships can be developed with Aboriginal & Torres Striate Islander communities and people. Understanding how culture

that need to be solved are the family and culturally related barriers. The lack of intervention strategies was cited as one of the causes for the barriers. Interventions that can address the barriers include family support, management skills education and culturally relevant resources. There is also need to establish ways of addressing the miscommunication that occurs between the NPs and Hispanic men. Self-management is among the best evidence-based strategies for the management of T2DM across all

provided on the TFA website, they do not explicitly train their recruits on culturally relevant pedagogy, which has been proven to be successful with urban students. In addition, their student teaching experience is limited to summer school, which does not allow their recruits to engage in authentic teaching experiences because the length of time and the typical structure of summer school. The lack of training in culturally relevant pedagogy and an authentic student teaching experience in an urban setting

myself to agree with Dei’s (2010) observation that “to be anti-racist, one must necessarily be anti-colonial.” Since colonialism and racism are interwoven. Growing up in Tanzania, I have come to understand the deep impacts of colonialism that still relevant in academia and schools today. As Dei writes, “the academy rewards those engaged in Euromimicry. Certain

diversity and education: Foundations, curriculum, and teaching. Boston, MA: Pearson. Banks, a professor of education at the University of Washington, Seattle, provides an overview of the foundations of multicultural education while also suggesting strategies that educators can use to implement multicultural practices in their instruction and curriculum. The discussion of the historical and philosophical background of multicultural education teaches educators how race and culture influence educational

Culturally Relevant Education was created to reach out to students and to focus on educational needs. However, it has served well with higher education. It has become a benefit for students while gaining successful knowledge. Different higher education classes and programs are becoming more diverse. This encourages the professors to develop better teaching strategies and methods that are more effective with student learning. This specific pedagogy is helping our educators prepare for student

Discussion Meeting the needs of diverse learners has not been a simple task. An incredible amount of time and energy has been spent in creating a culturally responsive classroom. As stated in the literature review, reflection has been a critical component of creating such culture. As a white female and a product of the upper-middle class, I was quickly forced to apply my knowledge of cultural responsive pedagogy when I accepted a position teaching a Title-1 school with over 90% of students representing