Miss Amber1: The Importance Of Diversity In The Classroom

As the sun lazily climbed the sky, South Christian High School was just beginning to wake up. Some teachers had already shown up and were walking around the school or working in their classrooms. The few early-bird students roamed the halls, some chatting quietly with their friends. A few children were working tirelessly trying to finish their homework before the first bell

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

Diversity affects the classroom positively and makes people more effective by providing different perspectives, building connections, and preparing people for the real world. By providing different perspectives it allows the students to open their minds to other cultures in America that they have to yet discover. It also helps by shedding light on different religions that they feel more welcome and they might want to conform to it. Diversity also helps students build connections with each other. This might lead to people to discover what they might have in common within each other’s cultures. Diversity also helps build connections between students and teachers, because teachers also have to make sure to be careful on what they say so they

After reading Chapter 2 of the text, I would define diversity as a range of different things such as; different ethnicities, cultures, and much more. This may refer to the difference in physical traits such as, tall, short, boys, and girls. This may also distinguish the shy from the outgoing personalities. This term can also be used when talking about a variety and range of differences between things. When I think of diversity I think of differences from cultural backgrounds which as teachers we must be able to identify and work with all cultural backgrounds. Students today in the classroom speak a variety of different languages and as teachers we must be willing to help our students feel comfortable enough where they can succeed in course

Counselor Angela Cabello has a background of either Irish-Catholic or Italian Catholic background. All the classroom educators, the counselor and the school administration identify as Caucasian. There is a biracial media specialist and two African American kindergarten teacher assistants contributing to the diversity of the faculty/staff. However the faculty, staff and administration do not reflect the demographics of the students. According to Barbieri, diversity is important because “without diversity in staffing, students, and programs, they will be morally unworthy to survive, without diverse curricula they will be intellectually unworthy to survive” (Oustaloup, 2014). The students have explained that their teachers have

Being a woman of color means I am inevitably silenced by the superior white male, yet being an activist eliminates my voice by the majority in all forms. My first year of college has been interesting, to say the very least. I’ve grown accustomed to the distinct differences and surprising similarities between myself and the hundreds, maybe thousands, of other students on campus, which I wasn’t familiar with among the fifty-two people in my high school graduating class.

This 1st grade math class has a diverse population of learners. Some were above grade skill knowledge, some were on grade level, some were below grade level and one had a learning disability in math. To help with this diverse group of learners, there were different instructional methods used: Team teaching/Whole group, Alternative teaching/small group. During whole group instruction, the concept was modeled and explained clearly. Whole group instruction allows the students to learn from their peers through their questions and answers. The class was divided into groups to practice the skill as well. I understood that I needed to closely observe my IEP students and a few more to make sure that they had an understanding of the skills. Small group

As discussed last week on the class blog, for some there exists a flat reality connected to the concept of whiteness and lack of cultural identity. From this idea, it appears society at large would benefit from reading and discussing multicultural literature with aims at developing a dynamic self-concept of one’s culture and making ideological changes about others. Luckily, teachers have the opportunity to make this happen in their classrooms. As Szecsi, Spillman, Vazquez-Montilla, and Mayberry (2010) pointed out in their opening, “Literature allows individuals to share in the lives of others, it can also provide an avenue for multicultural understanding” (p. 44). However, before having these teaching experiences within the classroom,

Within the core of many educational institutions, diversity is a commercial tacit. While every institution cannot offer the same kind of diversity, the endorsement of such exists through various definitions. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges define diversity through the various classes: race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and age (“Statement on Diversity”)

Additionally, teachers need to promote diversity in the classroom by teaching children that everyone is different and special in a unique way. Addressing cultural diversity in school will prepare students for the real world, as it provides the chance to experience different opportunities outside of what they normally used to. According to the article in figure 1and 2 Zhou illustrate the Asian youth generation achieve higher level of education compared to other groups such as Hispanic because the Asian child population is less dominant in metropolitan areas, which allows them to experience many different cultures and many opportunities are available to them. That relates to a class I observed, a teacher make sure his class reflects diversity

When the children walked into the classroom, they all seemed excited and eager to start their day. Miss Suzy greeted each student with respect and a smile on her face. Every child seemed to know where

Every student that walks into your classroom will have a different story. In theatre education, we thrive on story telling. Acceptance of all sorts, and diversity tend to come hand-in-hand with theatre. What I aimed for this semester, was making an inclusive and comfortable learning environment for my students no matter their interest, ability level or background. My CT had already established that for his upper level classes, and I had to try to become part of their group. Whereas our Intro class have never seen him before, and he left it up to me to help set it up this semester. Students come from different cultures, religions, neighborhoods, home situations and socioeconomic classes. Some have been in the same town and school their entire lives while others have moved around a bit causing

As a teacher in a diverse classroom, I would never want my students to feel left out or feel they need to abandon their culture to participate within my room. I would encourage my students to be proud of their culture by inviting them to bring in special items from home that represents their own country, and share the items with the class. I would also read stories that pertained to their culture. By reading books that reflect the different cultures within my classroom, I am not only including and encouraging my ELL students, but I am also teaching my other students about different cultures which is very important in this culturally diverse age. One of my favorite ideas for including my diverse students, in my classroom, is to host a special culture night where the entire class can be involved and show something about their different cultures. Our textbook talks about this saying, “Teachers can help students develop a sense of pride in family heritage by inviting family members as guest speakers, encouraging family demonstrations of traditional customs, and including activities that involve ethnic foods, clothing, and music” (Vacca, et al., 2015, p. 69). In addition, I would encourage those learning English, by making picture cards for them with both the English and their language on them so they would understand what the words mean. I would first start slowly with easy class words, but then as they progressed throughout the year I would continually add new words used in

As a bewildering life of a teenager, you are so busy with countless responsibilities to complete you forget how valuable your youth is. Usually, high school is the last stop of your childhood, after that you move on to go to college and then become an adult to challenge the unforgiving world. Consequently, high school teens often struggle on how to use their last 4 years of childhood bliss; going to “cool” parties almost every popular kid and athlete is invited to, or maybe being too focused on getting into those outstanding ivy leagues—yeah being a teen isn’t so easy. In short, it’s just a severe understatement to claim its hard find direction in life, especially so young. Furthermore, that’s why I love clinical rotation so much, it’s so unique in the sense that it has that balance of a mellow and serious class in addition to acquiring prior knowledge of PHS, bonding with my classmates, not to mention the boundless opportunities bestowed to young minds like us. However, the

Maya Angelou once said, “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” When we send our children to school, they are segregated based on the letter D (diversity, disabled, dysfunction), showing the young that not all children can enjoy the same educational opportunities that they are provided in schools. This is due to a controversial topic among teachers and parents known as inclusion. It’s time we put an end to this separation and bring inclusive classrooms to all schools. Inclusion secures opportunities for students with disabilities to learn alongside their non-disabled peers in general education classrooms. Classrooms that establish a healthy inclusive environment benefits