Chapter 4 pt.2 Flashcards
(37 cards)
general, culturally based set assumptions about reality that influence understandings of a wide variety of phenomena
worldview
What are some suggestions to creating a culturally inclusive classroom?
(1) come to grips with your own cultural lens and biases
(2) educate yourself about your students’ cultural background
(3) be sensitive to the culture shock that recent immigrants may be experiencing
(4) incorporate the perspectives and traditions of many cultures into the curriculum
instruction that integrates throughout the curriculum the perspectives and experiences of numerous cultural groups
multicultural education
Look for ______________ as well as differences among people fro different cultural background
commonalities
Look for commonalities as well as ___________ among people fro different cultural background
differences
Build on students’ strengths, and adapt __________ ________ to their preferred ways of learning and behaving
instructional methods
Build on students’ _________, and adapt instructional methods to their preferred ways of learning and behaving
strengths
Build on students’ strengths, and adapt instructional methods to their preferred ways of _________ and _________
learning
behaving
use of instructional strategies that build on students’ existing knowledge and skills and are consistent with their culturally preferred ways of learning and behaving
culturally responsive teaching
Work hard to break down students’ ___________ of particular ethnic groups
stereotypes
rigid, simplistic, and erroneous view of a particular group of people
stereotype
awareness of a negative stereotype about one’s own group and accompanying uneasiness that low performance will confirm the stereotype; leads (often unintentionally) to lower-quality performance
stereotype threat
One way you address stereotypes and prejudice:
use curriculum materials that represent all cultures and ethnic groups as competent, legitimate participants in ____________ society, rather than as exotic curiosities who live in a __________ world
mainstream
seperate
One way you address stereotypes and prejudice:
Assign __________ depicting peers from diverse cultural backgrounds
literature
One way you address stereotypes and prejudice:
Explore the nature and complexity of various ________
dialects
One way you address stereotypes and prejudice: Conduct class discussions about \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_ that exist in the school and local community
prejudice
racism
One way you address stereotypes and prejudice:
Expose students to successful _____ _______ from various ethnic background
role models
One way you address stereotypes and prejudice:
Assign _____-_____ cooperative projects in which students from diverse backgrounds must combine their unique talents to achieve a common goal
small-group
One way you address stereotypes and prejudice:
Emphasize that some people affiliate with two or more ________ groups and that individual members of any single group are often very different from one another in behaviors, beliefs, and values
cultural
Foster __________ ideals, and empower students to bring about meaningful change.
democratic
Which gender is more active than the other and have trouble sitting still?
boys
ability to imagine and mentally manipulate two-and three-dimensional figures
visual-spatial ability
Differences specific cognitive abilities between both genders is quite _____, but _____ do tend to earn higher grades.
small
girls
True or False: boys and girls are becoming increasingly similar in their academic performance.
True
