Being Culturally Responsive While Teaching Dance

Habakkuk 2: 2 and 3, Ezekiel 33: 7. "Providing equal educational access to all students means that teachers and schools promote the overall development of students as individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, ability and disability . "(Parkay and Stanford, Chapter 2) A culturally sensitive teacher's article dealing with teacher preparation issues that will teach students from different backgrounds in a culturally sensitive and educationally sound way.

Culturally sensitive instruction is more than just recognizing students' cultural background (although this is a good start). In order to successfully create a learning environment that appeals to a wider range of students as teachers in today's multicultural world it is increasingly necessary to nurture culturally ready educational practices. By 2020, the Census Bureau predicts that more than half of the US public school students are minority students. It is becoming increasingly important for educators to find ways to meet the diverse needs of students with diverse economic and cultural backgrounds as well as various learning styles. Given these rapidly changing student demographics, teachers must be able to understand and solve the potential conflicts that can arise due to cultural differences among students in the classroom.

A culturally responsive approach teaches, classifies and cultivates student's own cultural possibilities to encourage students to achieve success and cultivate students' happiness in the global cultural environment It is based on a student centered approach. To my knowledge, a culturally responsive approach includes three functional aspects: personal, educational, and institutional. The personal aspect is a process involving emotional and cognitive factors and teachers must participate in their teachings to make them more culturally sensitive. In fact, the personal aspect has two elements. These elements are self-reflecting and self-questing. Self-reflection is the most important part of personal aspects

The classes at the state school include not only the course of dance at the course, but also part of the student's comprehensive education and school administration. For example, as a table instructor, accept student's personal care and social care groups, evaluate student progress, document it, develop course materials, and exhaust the school activities such as clubs and performance groups. As a teacher of dance, I can contribute to the guidance of other subjects.