leaders represent the values and beliefs of their communities ….’ To this end, Gay (2013) postulates, ‘one of the core tenets of culturally responsive teaching, …[is] to respect and respond to the particular diversities in each classroom.’ In Howard’s view ‘it means looking honestly at outcome data and creating new strategies designed to serve the students whom current instruction is not
Educational context diversity means the differences between teachers and students. These reasons for differences may be the culture, gender, age, personality, ethnicity etc. We find our classrooms are populated with gifted students, students with culturally diverse, and students with learning disabilities. The diversity variables focus on my analysis are the age group, culture, gender and language. Identifying how different students learn and their learning patterns is a way in which teachers can meet
going on in plain sight and behind the scenes, and Beaver Dam is no exception. Therefore, this essay will present my observations on my practicum site and cooperating teacher by focusing on curriculum and instruction, assessment, and student engagement. My cooperating teacher’s curriculum and instruction can be best described through
Reading and learning to read are the prevailing topics among instructors since the influence our society. It is clear that the ability to read is one of the significant factors that contribute to the student’s success. Phonics is a method for teaching reading and writing by developing learners’ phonemic awareness. Phonics is absolutely essential for helping children begin to read. This study investigated the effect of analogy phonics and phonics approach through spelling on reading skill in
As an ESL teacher, I think the most important thing to keep in mind is that I need to be flexible and willing to use a mixture of teaching methods since every student learns differently. “The process of L2 learning is very much an individual experience, determined in part by the complex interaction of an individual personality, targeted aspects of the L2, and particular learning events” (Macdonald, Yule, and Powers 90). Therefore, I need a flexible approach to teaching that allows me to adjust methods
students write and communicate. Email as an important medium of language to study creates a novel area for the writing process. For this reason the researcher conducted this study to explore the effect of teaching explicit versus implicit pragmatic instruction on
easy. It is very challenging, but beneficial in the long run. Although multiculturalism is a common issue in the world, it is not much stressed in teacher training programs. Teachers can become culturally sensitive and knowledgeable about second language acquisition, provide culturally responsive instruction and content that reflects central aspects of a culture and use highly motivating instructional materials. It is apparent that the participants find it agreeable for teachers to be
We had the 7th Class yesterday for the bilingual course “Essentials of the Learning Sciences”, and the topic of this week was about the design of learning environment. We were the teachers, and it was an awesome experience to play the teacher roles for graduate scholars. Before the class we worked so hard preparing the class materials, and designing PPT slides, actually I had some difficulties to understand some topics, and I found some answers by reading additional materials, papers, But I still
test” or anything without error, but striving not to make judgments based on these tests without proper analysis is what is necessary. Though, a continuous effort by school psychologists can be made to find tests or alternative tests to be the least culturally biased (Algozzine et al., 1983). Assessment is only one facet to the overall resolution, though important, it has already been shown that correcting this part of the process makes no difference if not combined with efforts in other areas (Algozzine
computer-based tools and techniques for instruction (Broussard, Hebert, Welch, VanMetre, 2014). Many students use laptop at home for learning and completing assignments. Today’s students are very talented in the use of computers and technology. Classroom observations and analysis of technology use showed a high level of technology based instructional techniques incorporated in the class and also showed a high level of student participation and learning. The instruction changed from teacher-centered to student-centered