Ch 2 Flashcards
The knowledge, values, attitudes, and traditions that guide the behaviour of a group are part of its:
culture
Ayo’s parents are from Nigeria, but emigrated to Canada before Ayo was born. Ayo’s dad is a medical doctor in a Calgary suburb, and their mom has an art gallery in the city. Ayo attends an elite private high school and is one of the top players on their school’s basketball team. Based on this information, what is the best description of Ayo’s cultural ties:
Ayo’s cultural ties are Nigerian, Canadian, upper class, and basketball
What quotation MOST clearly represents the concept of stereotyping?
“People from that region just aren’t ambitious.”
In distinction to the term prejudice, the term discrimination refers to:
behaviour and actions towards others
Dana is nervous about the upcoming physics exam. She is the only girl in the class and has achieved higher scores on the assignments than most of the boys in class. She knows the boys think they’re smarter and better at applying principles of physics. In this situation, Dana’s nervousness is an
example of:
a stereotype threat
a good way to inoculate students against stereotype threat is to:
Developing a curriculum that affirms students’ diverse identities
A societal designation of upper, middle, working, or lower class based on income, power, background, and prestige is called:
socioeconomic status
A student decides that they don’t want to be like the “rich kids who sell themselves out to the system.” Accordingly, this student prides themself on not learning what the school is trying to teach. Which of the following concepts best characterizes this behaviour?
resistance culture
Over the past decade, an explanation offered for the growing gap between the reading of students in poverty versus students from wealthier homes is due to:
children from poorer homes “losing ground” over the summer
Which of the following is a recommendation to improve the effectiveness of teaching to students who
live in poverty:
Advise teachers to set high expectations and maintain high standards for all students in their classes
Which one of the following teachers are following best practices for teaching students who live in poverty?
A teacher who calls on the student frequently and expresses high expectations for their academic performance
Which of the following terms relates to shared cultural characteristics such as common history, religion, traditions, and language?
ethnicity
what is TRUE of the definition of race?
Describes a socially constructed category of people based on appearances and ancestry
The textbook used in Mrs. Kahn’s science class includes numerous references to male scientists and discusses their contributions to scientific knowledge, but very few female scientists. For each unit of study in her curriculum, Mrs. Kahn researches and identifies female scientists to highlight in her teaching. Mrs. Kahn’s intervention demonstrates the existence of female scientists who were simply excluded from the science textbook. The textbook’s exclusion of female scientists is an example of:
gender bias
According to research evidence, which of the following statements about gender bias in teaching is TRUE?
teachers tend to interact more with boys than with girls
Which of the following teachers uses language that perpetuates gender bias?
Mrs. Woodson asks her students if any of them know a policeman
Which of the following is NOT a recommendation of the educational organization GSLEN for teachers who are creating supportive learning environments for LGBTQ+ students?
Inform a student’s parents as soon as a student speaks to you about sexual identity
According to James Banks, to be successful, multicultural education must include all of the following EXCEPT:
support of the existing culture
According to the text, which of Banks’ dimensions of multicultural education are people most likely to be familiar with?
content integration
what is NOT a proposition on which cultural relevant pedagogy rests?
students must interact with cultural role models
Anderson and Gunderson’s research on cultural beliefs about learning to read and write among Chinese-, Iranian-, and Indo-Canadian parents showed that they:
hold different views about literacy development than those favoured by many elementary teachers
Which of the following is NOT a recommendation for classroom organization that reflects the diversity of the students?
sociolinguistics
Employing communication rules such as raising your hand if you have a question when the teacher is speaking displays an understanding of:
pragmatics
An important cultural difference regarding Indigenous learners suggests which of these teaching practices is most appropriate?
Try to have learning activities where visual-motor and spatial skills are used
