Culturally Responsive Teachers

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Recommended: Essays on diversity education

Scot Kaye
EDUC 5590-525 – Teaching Diversity
June 10, 2015
Article Location: http://www.nccrest.org/Briefs/Teacher_Ed_Brief.pdf

Many teacher education programs (TEPs) do not embrace a multicultural or culturally responsive educational approach, despite the steady increase in student numbers that are linguistically and culturally diverse in the classroom. The main diversity-related challenge facing TEPs is the resistance by some educational institutions to adopt and incorporate diversity courses in their curricula. They are unconvinced of the academic benefits accrued from the program. They may experience discomfort or fear in addressing sensitive issues such as race and racism in courses and higher academic institutions (Kea, Campbell-Whatley and Richards 4).

To create TEPs aware of diversity, it’s important to introduce multicultural education preparation for teachers (Kea, Campbell-Whatley and Richards 5). It builds confidence and improves the effectiveness of culturally responsive teaching. Other measures include the development of comprehensive and cohesive multicultural syllabi in TEPs, incorporation of multicultural principles in the program prepares teachers to be responsive to the diverse needs of the learners, identification of …show more content…

First, the socio-cultural consciousness involves the understanding that social class, language, and race influence a person’s way of thinking, behavior and being. Another characteristic is an encouraging attitude and respect towards students of culturally diverse backgrounds. Culturally responsive teachers are also skillful and committed to acting as agents of change. They hold constructivist views of education, upholding that all students have the capability of learning. They learn about their students’ culture, home, and past experiences helping them to use culturally responsive strategies in teaching (Kea, Campbell-Whatley and Richards

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