Culture in the Classroom

Today 's educators are hearing a lot about education gap - gap of achievement, gap of funds, gap of preparation of school -. But there is another frequently undetected gap: cultural differences between students and teachers

"There are groups of teachers who think that they know what they have, but they do not know, if people want to help us, they are not our experiences but our own experiences I have to look. "

Most of our educational communities are Caucasian, middle class, monolingual - English. For our students, the same situation is getting increasingly applied. Normally, when we stand in front of the classroom, looking back at our face, we do not look like us. Many of us are trying to overcome this difference by accepting color anomalies and golden rules and treating them as if they wish others.

Culture is more than just a holiday, shared recipe, religious tradition, language list, which is a unique life experience for everyone. As an educator, our job is to stimulate the children's intellectual development, and in this age it is not enough to only operate in the axis of color vision abnormality.

In order to truly engage students, it is necessary to engage with them in cultural and linguistic reactions and in a proper way, and we have to consider the cultural premise and stereotypes brought into the classroom, It may interfere.

In order for students to participate effectively in the learning process, the teacher has to independently understand the students and academic ability, rather than relying on stereotypical or other similar background of ethnic or national fixed ideas not.

For example, many teachers praise the academic ability and motivation of Asian American students, even if "students" are forced into a type not created for them, even "positive" stereotypes are not positive .

Ask Diane Holtam, elementary school teacher, about how she collaborates with other teachers to eliminate the stereotypes of Asian American students' abilities.

Lisa Delpit proposed a culture of power in the classroom in her book "Others' Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom" (Year). Delpit considers the classroom to be a culture of power, who decides who to talk about, who is smart, who decides who to learn most. In my opinion, this is what happens in today's traditional classroom. Our teaching only provides a unilateral and intelligent way. We teach our children that we must obey this mindset in order to be competent. In the classroom, reactive guidance is not necessary. Students will produce the results we need, so what can we answer? However, I know that it is not so. As students demonstrate cultural literacy in various ways, Delpit offers a solution. "If you are not yet participating in the culture of power, please clearly tell them that this rule of culture will make it easier to acquire power" (p.24, 2006). I must take action

Culturally appropriate instruction is more than an understanding of the composition of the classroom. The high level cultural ability in the classroom includes the ability to read and respond to challenging scenarios arising from cultural diversity and differences between students and faculty in the learning environment. The benefits of tolerance and respect are important to the ability of teachers to fully accept culturally diverse classrooms, but they do not necessarily guarantee the ability to cope with difficult situations. As an advanced understanding of culture, teachers - both domestic and foreign - need to be the most well - equipped expert in the world.

Tackle the issue of cultural diversity in the classroom. In general, cultural diversity and diversity are what we should assert in modern times. However, as a teacher, it creates challenges to attract and maintain student learning in the classroom environment. As Thomas Jefferson said, "There is no inequality besides dealing with equality inequality." In this article, we identify personal teachers and newly registered teachers based on personal and self-evidence before inauguration It shows the idea that it is necessary.