EDUC 304 Discussion Post 6
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Multiple sources of diversity are familiar in today's classroom. The most common sources of diversity include cultural diversity, language diversity, and gender diversity. Cultural diversity" reflects a wide variety of values, beliefs, attitudes, and rules that define regional, ethnic, religious, or other cultures" (Burden, 2020, p. 127). It is customary in classrooms and schools to have a melting pot of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. A strategy as a teacher that will
help culturally diverse students is to accept, value, connect, and understand your students' diverse
cultural backgrounds. This will, in turn, give students a sense of strength and confidence regarding their cultures. Language diversity is widespread in the United States, and students who speak different languages are considered English language learners or ELLs. English language learners have extra help or language assistance throughout the day. Even though they are learning a new language, it is essential as teachers that they attain English proficiency and meet the same academic standards as the other students. As a teacher, a strategy that will help ELLs includes encouraging English speaking while honoring their first language, maintaining routines, and repeating and reviewing as much as possible. Gender diversity includes the differences between males and females. Significant differences exist in how males and females interact within the classroom. Their physical behaviors, social interaction styles, academic motivation, and choices differ. A strategy that you can use as a teacher with gender diversity students is "providing students with a mix of successful male and female role models" (Burden, 2020, p. 131) and making sure girls and both are active in all school subjects. Knowing your students increases your effectiveness in working with a diverse population. By getting to know your students, you are building positive teacher-student relationships. By building these relationships, you are building areas of engagement within your classroom. If students feel protected, loved, challenged, and celebrated, they will, in turn, enjoy coming to school. Celebrating their differences is what makes your classroom and students different and unique. (331)
References
Burden, P. (2020). Classroom Management: Creating a Successful K-12 Learning Community (7th ed.). Wiley Global Education US. https://libertyonline.vitalsource.com/books/9781119639824
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