Saturday, December 15, 2012
Being responsive to culture in the classroom
The country of origin I chose is Kazakhstan, previously part of the Soviet Republic and situated in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Still and communist country and working on a balanced foreign policy.
5 ways that I will be culturally responsive to the family:
* I will research information about the culture of their origin
* I will work to bridge the gap between home and school, through my homevisit
* I will use my gathered information to adapt my teaching style
* I will bring things representing the families culture in to the classroom ie. pictures, dramatic play items, food, books, etc.
* I will ask parents to share stories and traditions with the class
My goal is to create a learning environment that brings all of the children's cultures in to the classroom. By researching information about a families culture I can become more sensitive and mindful. I intend for each of my students to bring their home culture to school with them, offering feelings of safety and comfort. The connection between parents and teachers is vital and can enhance a child's learning.
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Heather,
ReplyDeleteI like that we get to do homevisits and this helps us to be able to gather information to adapt our classroom and teaching to help each child. We get to see what things are like in their homes. Every year I use pictures of the families, that I take on the home visit. This makes each child more comfortable, they are able to see their home and family throughout the day. I agree that the connection between the teachers and families is vital to enhance the child's learning.
I hope that you can do this with every classroom and every year. It is important to make sure that we create a link between child/home/school and the link between teacher and parents are strong as well to ensure that each child is getting the best education possible. Thank you for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Catherine homevisits are great. You can learn alt doing a home visi I do them twice a year with the Early Head Start programI work for. You can see what theyare lacking and why. Thanks for sharing.
Heather, Home visits are something I have enjoyed and found an insightful tool in the past. I am trying to start them in the program I work in now. I love that you would take the time to research the country of origin and knowing the family a little before implementing a bunch of things in the classroom that may not be relevant to a specific family.
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