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LITERATURE REVIEW
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Literature Review
La’Dasha Frankmann
School of Education, Liberty University EDUC 848
Culture and Educational Leadership
Dr. Patrick
September 26, 2023
Author Note
I have no known conflict of interest to disclose.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to
La’Dasha Frankmann
Email:
lmfrankmann@liberty.edu
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Abstract
Teachers struggle to keep up with the requirement to provide a successful learning environment
based on diversity and inclusivity for their pupils as educational institutions and practices adapt
to technological innovations. In order to adapt curricula, technologies, and instruction to a
multicultural education system focused on enhancing overall student performance, educators
have been pushed to reevaluate and restructure their practices. In the articles "The Magic of
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy," "Transforming Practice in Urban Schools," and "The EPIC
Leadership Development Program Evaluation Report," educators' strategies for changing
educational practices for the benefit of students and the curriculum as a whole are assessed.
Teachers can accommodate an inclusive and diversified skill set that is advantageous to all
parties by adjusting to present procedures.
Keywords:
restructure, multicultural, inclusion, teachers, diversity
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Summary
According to Nawang Phuntsong's article "The Magic of Culturally Responsive
Pedagogy - In Search of the Genie's Lamp in Multicultural Education," teachers have had to
reassess their personal qualities in order to improve student inclusivity due to the challenge of
creating ethnically responsive teaching in contemporary learning environments. Teachers can
modify their approaches to deliver effective instruction at all educational levels by influencing a
multicultural approach to student learning. The article's goal is to show how the teacher's strategy
for fostering diversity in the curriculum and in their own life affects students' development of
their cultural identities. The target audience for this essay is educators and educational leaders to
affect change.
The desire to improve student development in urban areas and underperforming
schools has created a demand for restructuring teacher education and practices, according to Etta
Hollins' paper "Transforming Practice in Urban Schools". Minority kids are falling behind in
their academic progress as a result of non-diverse teachers' difficulties integrating cultural
viewpoints into the curriculum. Students ultimately suffer as a result of teachers' failure to accept
accountability for the loss in cultural inclusivity. The goal of the paper is to show how the Urban
Literacy Institute's method of reorganizing conversation through teamwork enhances teacher
professional development by "increasing trust in their peers, and a greater sense of responsibility
for their struggling students" (Hollins, 2006). Academic administrators are the target audience for
this article in order to encourage school and teacher participation.
The article "The EPIC Leadership Development Program Evaluation Report"
emphasizes how important it is for academic staff and educators to develop leadership skills that
contribute to students' success. Academic leaders can uncover internal teaching weaknesses and
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make modifications to promote student achievement by using pilot programs focused on
collaborating, mentoring, evaluating, and applying learned methods. The goal of the paper is to
demonstrate how leaders significantly impacted leadership practices that enhanced teaching and
learning abilities by adopting the EPIC Model. This article is intended for senior leadership in an
organization and academic administrators to encourage program participation.
Critique
According to "The Magic of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy," when teachers don't
always incorporate diversity and inclusion into their curricula, students fail. The study's strength
is that it instructs educators on how to constructively disengage from the negative behaviors
connected to unstructured conversations and student improvement, while its weakness is that it
doesn't provide a history of harmful cultural practices and patterns. In order to increase teacher
development and literacy in low-income schools, the article "Transforming Practice in Urban
Schools" suggests using organized dialogues, although the majority of the educators that took
part dropped out of the programs to effect change. These programs appear to have the
appropriate plan in place, but for educators to be effective, there must be a regular pattern of
attendance. Numerous pilot initiatives that affect student success are presented in "The EPIC
Leadership Development Program Evaluation Report" using solid research analysis. The absence
of visual results to show a comparison with other programs was the sole drawback.
Reflection
Long-term success in the education sector depends on enhancing the professional
development of teachers and pupils. Teachers need to be flexible, diversified, and sympathetic to
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their pupils' needs. According to the New American Standard Bible (2011 edition), Proverbs 22:6
says, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not turn from it."
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References
Hollins, E. R. (2006). Transforming practice in urban schools. Educational Leadership, 63(6),
48–52. New American Standard Bible. (2011). New American Standard Bible Online.
https://www.bible.com/versions/100-nasb-new-american-standard-bible/ (Original
work published 1995).
Phuntsog, N. (1996). The magic of culturally responsive pedagogy: In search of genie’s lamp in
multicultural education. Teacher Education Quarterly.
http://teqjournal.org/backvols/1999/26_3/phuntsog.pdf
.
Rockman (2011). The EPIC leadership development program evaluation report. New Leaders for
New Schools (NJ1). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED533493
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