Diversity In Education Report

Poverty is a serious issue which our society and children faces every day. It is a constant struggle that shouldn’t be ignored. UNICEF states “The study of OECD countries in 2007, over fourteen percent of Australian children under the age of eighteen are currently living in households who are defined as poor or with incomes less than half of the median national income”. The increase in the number and percentage of children living in poverty within our society has contributed to making today's classrooms more diverse than ever it has been. This highlights and makes both teaching and learning more challenging. Diversity exists in the students who are living in poverty and the education assistant and teachers must provide the concept of diversity

Students have their own best way in effectively learning the lesson. With the diversity of students, the problem is each student has a preferred learning style. It becomes undeniably one of the reasons that make it difficult to achieve the best expected outcome out of teachers’ effort. However, teachers try to incorporate various teaching techniques to make every learning opportunity become productive, meaningful, and relevant for the learners.

Diversity has been a main theme within Education 100, and throughout the past eight weeks I have learned about the many ways that diversity applies to education. The first assignment we were given was to complete the Diversity Module, and that helped explain many terms and concepts about diversity, specifically in context to a college campus. Though with the topics we talked about throughout the eight weeks, each one can be applied to diversity in a different way.

The public schools of Evanston that I have attended have been widely diverse with many different races of kids attending those schools with me. Ed Finkel reports, “Of the 4,396 students from kindergarten through 5th grade enrolled in the district's 12 elementary schools at the start of last school year, 41 percent were black, 41 percent were white, 11 percent were Latino, 4 percent were Asian and 3 percent were multi-racial.” (Finkel 4). Ed Finkel is point out that these schools in my community are very diverse in race and culture. Attending these schools throughout my life has made a huge impact on me. Being with all of these kids has made me very comfortable around other people as well as made me very outgoing. Not only has the diversity

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For me I experienced diversity my whole life. Growing up moving all along the West Coast, going to schools ranging from Arizona to California to Washington state, diversity in these public schools were always a normal experience in classrooms, some places more prevalent than others. All of my teachers growing up did a great job of pointing out that diversity was present within the classroom, and that though were all different we need to treat each other as equal. It wasn’t until later in my schooling career that I realized that some of my peers who were “different” and “diverse” were experiencing not only different lifestyles, but hardships due to these differences. I came to realization that is not a problem that schools face alone but society

Dr. Warner has created a plan for the coming week to maximize my effectiveness over the next 12 weeks. Weeks one, two and three Dr. Warner will be in Cuba for a global health conference. During this time, she has tasked me with finding percentages of the racial/ethnic makeup of all hospital board members and creating visual representations of the percentages to present to board members later in the summer. I will also be participating and doing research of other health system’s methods of diversity inclusion in order to find ideas that can aid in Centura’s efforts and plans for better diversity and inclusion. Upon her return weeks 4- 8 will be spent working on formulation and preparation on how to present the information to the hospital boards

In this article it talks about diversity in schools. In New York, The Mayor and the schools chancellor failed to make integration a priority. Arts and Letters is a school that contain majority black and hispanic kids. Throught the years though, the white population has increased and now half the kindergarten class is white. The Principal of Arts and Letters is happy of the diversity that it's creating, but he is scared that the white race would take over the school; he wants the race population to be balanced. In 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools should be divided by race into two school districts, one in Seattle and Louisville, Kentucky. Educators around the world were not happy about that, but they were happy that the plan didn't

In 2016, Donnetrice Allison does a Ted Talks on the trend of claiming diversity within an institution. Diversity is something people have demanded within public institutions, lack of diversity can lead to bad media coverage. For this reason, organizations now often strive to advertise their means of achieving a diverse environment. Allison points out in her talk that achieving diversity within an institution has become more of a numbers game rather than a humanitarian deed. Organizations have become obsessed with the idea of having diverse members, but do not focus on giving those people the same experience as the dominant group. Allison points out that because of this, institutions become (some what) diverse, yet exclusive to the minorities.

While some schools are as racially segregated than before Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954, landmark case deemed racial segregated schools illegal; diversity in schools have been the main goal of all schools. In 2006, Orfield and Lee offers statistic demonstrating a racial transformation. Diversity in school have changed the landscape of schools. Orfield and Lee outlines in the school year of 2003-2004, Latinos were the largest minority group followed by the Black/African American community. While some scholars may offer this fact as no surprise it is to be noted that all of the minority groups are growing at a rapid rate in comparison to majority groups, Whites. Classrooms becoming more diverse, teachers must take

Educators need to generate learning environments that foster the growth of each individual student. Being able to give their students equality within their educational setting by having high, yet achievable goals for all students is something that educators need to concentrate on. In the General Capabilities of the Australian Curriculum, it confirms that all young people in Australia are set to become creative individuals, active and informed citizens, and successful learners (Education Services Australia, 2015). Regardless of the student’s socio-economic status (SES), cultural background, or self-esteem, if the student can see themselves progressing this will help build their

Meg is different than most people her age. She doesn’t have any friends at school. She gets into fights a lot, and corrects her teachers all the time. Many think she is stupid, even though she is more brilliant than most of them. You can say Meg tries her best at times, but others she has problems with.

In my school district, my race is one of the minorities, which is unusual here in Minnesota. My school is diverse; it always has been, and I love that about it. In fact, I prefer a diverse community of individuals from every part of life; it’s where I feel most at home, and I feel lucky knowing that many white people in the suburbs do not experience this amount of diversity until much later in their lives.

"My culture is my identity and personality. It gives me spiritual, intellectual and emotional distinction from others, and I am proud of it." (M.F. Moonzajer, 2015) There are "students who are considered historically underrepresented in the Unites States and those students are referred to as culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) and students of color." (Smith & Tyler, p. 74) It is important to note that "cultural or linguistic diversity is not a disability." (Smith & Tyler, p.74) It is equally as important that schools and educator meet the needs of all students. Schools are obligated to provide an educational opportunity that is responsive to the families, communities, racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds of their students.

Like it or not, there has always been diversity among students in the classroom. It is the fact that each and every student is unique. From every circumstance, students bring a varying set of values, perspectives, and beliefs to the learning environment. Understanding the character of students is important in order to become a competent teacher. In fact, teachers should be aware and recognize students, as unique individuals, all acquire information differently than others. Some of these differences are due to developmental variations in cognitive, physical, intellectual, moral, emotional, and social changes caused by maturation and experience. And this reality of classroom conditions makes instruction much more challenging for teachers and