Within both teaching and my clients I promote equality and diversity which is “key” to any business or teacher being successful, therefore being open late nights and early mornings to accommodate commuters, offering services to all groups of people. When teaching it is important to remember cultures, religions, genders and examples of races and respecting that everyone is not the same within my profession.…
Multicultural education is a plan or an approach, a scholastic improvement program, and a course of action. It integrates the conception that all scholars, despite of their race, ethnicity, and their cultural background, shall be allowed the same chance to learn in school. It is a transformation change to bring about a number of important differences in schools, and additional instructional organizations so that pupils from all cultural backgrounds, male, female, black, whites shall be allowed the same chance to be educated (Banks and Banks 2004).…
Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favourably than others. Equality is about the rights of the learners to attend and participate regardless of age, sex, race, gender reassignment, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage/civil partnership and pregnancy /maternity. Diversity is about recognising and being tolerant of different views which individual people have, in terms of cultural backgrounds and different lifestyle choices relating to any characteristics they may have. A diverse society is what we have as every individual has a different culture, belief and life experience to the next. Inclusion is about including all the learners in ‘relevant activities rather than excluding them for any reason either directly or indirectly’ (Gravells 2008). ‘Every learner has the right to expect that they will receive high quality learning appropriate to their needs and circumstances ion a safe and healthy environment.’ (Success for all: DfES 2002). Inclusive teaching and learning is possible when promoted. In order to achieve this I combine both the training cycle and the learning styles from Kolb and Fry. These include using Concrete experience, Abstract Conceptualisation, Active Experimentation and Observation and Reflection. Learners the mixing up of which produces the learning styles that best suits a learner, ie; Converger, Diverger, Assimilator and Accommodator. By ensuring the lessons accommodate all learning styles all learners will feel inclusion. Along with the learning styles I would include relevant resource materials . If a learner requires more intervention then I may need to include the following; additional classroom support, adapted or specific resources, peer support, varied presentation, content selection, reducing or increasing time for activities Along with my…
Discuss issues of equality and diversity and ways to promote inclusion with your learners. Review other points of referral available to meet the potential needs of learners.…
The society of the United States of America is culturally diverse. This diversity reflects on the demographics that our schools have. Every school leader needs to understand the diversity that exists at their schools. Understanding the diversity will determine how professional educators meet the difficulties or handles everyday situations that a school generates. Understanding this cultural composition is not enough. There must be a group of leaders, teachers, researchers and other stakeholders committed to deal with the educational processes that English language learners face.…
Definition. Merriam Webster defines diversity as the condition of having or being composed of differing elements and qualities or the inclusion of different types of people in a group or organization. Diversity awareness is constantly shaping the way that society approach or address populations in regards to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual-orientation, language, and social class in P-12 and higher education settings.…
Thinking About Diversity and InclusionWhat are the dimensions of cultural diversity? Identify and briefly explain the dimensions by referenced both textbooks. There are many different dimensions of cultural diversity around the world. Some of these dimensions include racial groups, ethnic groups, religious groups, gender groups, and age (Schaefer, 2011). Racial groups can be defined as a group that is set apart by obvious physical differences. Ethnic groups can be set apart with culture patterns or nationality.…
When I first started school at the very young age of six I remember stepping through the stone threshold and into a huge elementary school with diverse attributes like height, nationality, personality and race. It was amazing to see all the diverse people at the school including myself! I thought to myself that I wouldn’t fit into school with the other kindergarteners at first but I actually did because most of the kids in my class lived in my neighborhood. It felt so awesome to be in a diverse class with students that welcomed you with an open heart and even felt better to be getting an education than just sitting at home for five years and sleeping, eating, playing and drinking in a diaper. In the first few weeks of starting elementary school everything was good, I was happy to be away from home and socializing with new people and getting an education. After the…
1) How would you try to instill a sense of the value of an education in students in a world where being smart is not always valued by their peers?…
In AAD 102, we had discussed many important things dealing with succeeding college and going beyond. However, in college your goal is to obtain well grades and make connection. Depending on a few colleges, majority of the colleges/universities in the United States are diverse. In Chapter 12 “ Building Supportive and Diverse Relationship”, to talks about possible outcomes dealing with a diverse background. Diverse means a range of different things, variety. Without diversity we will never think outside of the box. Being simple minded can only take you so far until you don’t have nothing to fall on In today society, college is starting to get more diverse and will soon bring more connection in the real world. Diversity brings innovation, unity…
Coming from a small, mostly white town, I never grew up around a lot of diversity. The most diverse my school got was the fact that there was one African American student and around three homosexual students. In relation to that, it was interesting to learn that there are specific ways to organize a classroom in order to be fully inclusive of every race, sexuality, or gender identity. When thinking about becoming a teacher, I never took into account how easily offended Americans are where one comment or action can be twisted into an attack on someone, and the importance of making sure that every student feels comfortable requires a lot more…
Hi Mary, I also hope that I can learn more about diversity in this world through this course. Being Hispanic, I guess gives me a step forward into at least knowing how the Hispanic population sees the world, but I would love to learn more about other ethnicities. I would love to teach second grade, but during my field experience, I observed a fifth-grade class and it's a perfect grade to teach because they are more independent.I personally do not enjoy English but I think it's going to be a great subject for you if you enjoy writing. By the things that you mentioned in your discussion, I hope that you will become a great fifth-grade teacher and open the minds and eyes of those students who have absolutely no clue of how beautiful and interesting…
The impact of multiculturalism versus color-blindness on racial bias [An article from: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology] [HTML] [Digital]. (n.d.). Amazon.com: The Impact of Multiculturalism versus Color-blindness on Racial Bias [An Article From: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology]: J.A. Richeson, R.J. Nussbaum: Books. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/impact-multiculturalism-versus-color-blindness-racial/dp/B000RQZ7FA…
Population diversity in America is huge since we consider the melting pot of the world. This is one place where we all are free without being prosecuted for who they are. Now I know that as I wrote that you might a went what, but that’s true. We are a country built on freedom of the sort. Diversity in the classroom impact on my student’s education is of the most important. The way we behave, learn and view the world is based on who we meet in life. Kids tend to become like copy cats to their friends and parents, monkey see monkey do. Also, how diverse a daycare is shown me how kids will preserve others as they get older. The best example I can find is how babies cry with each other, without knowing the other. It’s not until we put it into…
Elementary teachers are finding it more and more common to have diverse classrooms filled with students who have disabilities as well as students who come from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Children are more likely to speak a language different than English before starting school. This can be a challenge for teachers to accommodate with in the classroom. Teachers should use several different strategies in order to meet every students needs on an individual level in a successful way. In order for teachers to effectively teach a diverse classroom, students need to have an individual teaching plan, students’ families should be involved, cultural learning should be implemented in the curriculum and students should be encouraged to speak and write in their first language.…