Definitions
An environment where differences are ignored, everyone is expected to be "treated the same," and only the needs of the dominant group are met.
What is cultural blindness?
Will and Najarro (2022) describe this as the "customs, languages, values, beliefs, and achievements of a group of people."
What is culture?
Unique and culturally-defining needs are being met, and personal and group identities are being acknowledged (Nuri-Robins et al., 2012).
What are the results of implementing proactive cultural behaviors?
Students who prefer content in formats that they can see (e.g. videos, visual aids, maps, graphs, charts, etc.)
What is a visual learner?
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What is any individual living thing?
Individual and cultural differences are recognized, advice is obtained from diverse groups, and hired staff are culturally unbiased.
What is cultural competence?
Teacher biases, punitive discipline, and unrelatable curriculum (New America, 2020).
What are characteristics of experiences from minority groups in education?
In aiming for cultural proficiency, we can eliminate barriers, like this example which is commonly found in small, isolated communities.
What is resistance to change (Nuri-Robins et al., 2012)?
Students who prefer content in formats that they can hear (e.g. verbal lectures or instructions, recordings, discussion with other students, etc.)
What is an auditory learner?
More than _____% of students in U.S. public schools are minority groups, though most schools are organized around an established white-American culture (Will & Najarro, 2022).
What is 50%?
When changes are implemented to improve services based upon cultural needs of an organization and individuals.
What is cultural proficiency?
The focus on personal and academic achievement of students, both collectively and individually (Escudero, 2019).
What is culturally relevant pedagogy?
Promotes student engagement and learning by accounting for various experiences to drive instruction (New America, 2020).
What is culturally responsive teaching?
Getting to know myself activities--diversity lifeline, name five things, who are you?, who am I?, cultural portrait, etc (Lindsey et al., 2018).
What are examples of learning strategies to promote mindfulness of the different types of learners in the classroom?
Educators are no less likely to carry racial biases than non-educators. This is alarming because _____% of teachers in the U.S. are white (Will & Najarro, 2022).
What is 80%?
Teaching empowerment to students mentally, emotionally, socially, and politically through the use of cultural referents for relatable learning (Dreamkeepers, 2009, as cited in Mensah, 2021).
What is culturally relevant pedagogy?
Student learning, cultural competence, and critical consciousness.
What are the three components of culturally relevant pedagogy (Will & Najarro, 2022)?
Diverse thoughts and ideas between students of various cultures can influence how solutions to problems are shaped. (Nuri-Robins et al., 2012)
What is a benefit of proactive cultural behaviors in our school?
Students who prefer content in formats that they can touch (i.e. hands-on experiences; e.g. labs, experiments, interactive engagement, etc.)
What is a kinesthetic learner?
Scholar, Gloria Ladson-Billings in the 1990s.
Who introduced culturally relevant pedagogy and when was it introduced?
Using prior experiences and cultural understanding in combination with the awareness of various frames of reference to teach with greater relevance and a greater effect on diverse groups of learners (Mensa, 2021).
What is culturally responsiveness teaching?
Our school is at this current level on the Cultural Competence Continuum--accepting and respecting cultural differences, maintain mindfulness of diversity and cultural differences in decision-making, and continually assess cultural understanding (Lindsey et al., 2018).
What is cultural competence?
Understands how to learn about the nuances of different cultures, has the self-awareness to gauge appropriate actions and responses between differing cultures, and looks to continually grow in understanding of cultural practices and differences (Lindsey et al., 2018).
What is the culturally proficient educator?
According to a study by of a multicultural classroom consisting of American and international students, _____ is reflected in learning style preferences of all students (Vita, 2001).
What is cultural conditioning?
A growing frustration of antiquated beliefs that minority children lacked developmental ability in behavior and academics (Will & Najarro, 2022).
What led Ladson-Billings to develop culturally relevant pedagogy?