Week 5 Analysis of the Classroom Mosaic

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Running Head: ANALYSIS Analysis of the Classroom Mosaic Kiayana Martin Grand Canyon University EDU 500 01/21/15

Running Head: ANALYSIS Analysis of the Classroom Mosaic Learning takes place not only in the classroom, but in the learner’s community as well. The teacher not only influences the child’s learning, but their family does too. Learning and culture at home go hand in hand to ensure that a child is prosperous. The classroom mosaic culture and learning video discussed how important it is that teachers know and understand cultural context and the experiences the students bring inside their classroom. This was very informative because it invited we as the viewers to grasp a different understanding of culture in the classroom. Inside Birney Middle School, Kathleen Hayes-Parvin, sixth grade teacher embraced her student’s culture by inviting the families and their experiences into the classroom. “Teachers should enable students to create connections, access prior knowledge and experience, and develop competence (Culture and Learning, 2014)”. When teachers understand this, they actually learn more about their students and can use the experiences to connect with them inside the classroom. Also, in the East Palo Alto School, 9th grade teachers William Dean and Jeff Gilbert, allow students to work in teams that prompt them to compare their cultural experiences with those in the text that they are studying. Some ways that a teacher could make connections to their students’ personal experiences and background in your classroom could first be through writing. As a Kindergarten teacher, writing is just beginning and they are eager to talk about what is going on in their home. Why not introduce a writing piece about family. The writing topic would be to tell me a story about you family. During conferences with each child, we would go in depth about what

Running Head: ANALYSIS they can add to their stories. When everyone is finished, we would all sit in a circle and talk about what we like about each other’s stories allowing other students to grasp something from each other. Making more connections could also be during Social Studies when we talk about different cultures. This could range from Thanksgiving when we talked about the Indians to the most recent holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, where we discussed segregation between blacks and whites. Other small ways to make these connections could be something as small as saying a students name correctly or even pronouncing a Hispanic name with the accent it has. Another way is to also pair those of different cultures together so they can connect more when they work with their partners. In conclusion, making connections as a teacher with your students culturally is important because it engages the students in the learning process. It causes them to be aware and neglect stereotypes that come their way.

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Running Head: ANALYSIS References The Classroom Mosaic - Culture and Learning. (2014). Retrieved January 18, 2015, from http://www.learner.org/courses/learningclassroom/session_overviews/ culture_home6.html

Week 5 Analysis of the Classroom Mosaic

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