What are some positives of a well managed classroom?
- Creates a structured class
-Creates good environment
- Guides good behavior
How many categories are there for creating effective rules and procedure in a classroom?
six
What aspect of teaching does Chapter 1 focus on?
Diversity, Family and Schools
What are the 3 types of "families" ?
Single-parent households
Children being raised by grandparents
Multi-generational homes
What do immigrant students bring to the classroom?
Diversity
Language
What are 3 major roles a teacher can use to make an effective classroom?
1. Making wise choices
2. Designing a curriculum that facilitates learning
3. using effective classroom management techniques
What are some transition and/or interruption that can waste time in class when it is not structure effectively?
- going to the bathroom
-called to the principles office
-leaving and going back to class
- library
-fire drills
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Which teacher made assumptions about their students in their classroom? Ms Jones or Ms Page?
Ms Page
What does multicultural literacy mean?
Both parents and children draw upon broad support networks of extended family and community mentors.
What does the Big "D" mean?
It means to give an opportunity for discourse, to learn from other students experience and diversity.
Are good classroom mangers made or born?
Born
What aspect of classroom management does this quote refer to? "Teachers must identify what students should use, how it should be operated and under what conditions".
Materials and Equipment
What is an ethnogenetic perspective? give one example.
Recognizing the significant of culture
Recognizing that one action is not better than others
Point of view of the actor
Frame of reference
Complexity of other lives
No quick judgments
What are some factor that affects a students literacy? Name 1
Religious (Bible Reading/Comprehension)
Multi-lingual (reading and writing)
Familial relationships
Use of the community
Internet Exposure
Education
Cultural Duties/Motivations
What are 3 major themes to think about when talking about immigrant students?
Intergenerational issues
Differential distribution of literacy practices among siblings
School and home (dis)connection
True or False.
Individual classroom teachers have a major impact on student achievement.
True
What classroom strategies are there rules and procedures for?
Movement in and out of the group
Expected behaviors of each group member
Expected behavior of students also who are not in the group
Group communication amongst each other and group communication with the teacher
Group Work
How do cultural practice help teachers teach better?
Teachers learn more about a students culture and use it in the class to improve engagement.
What is a Nuclear Family?
Members living in the same immediate household that is headed by biological parents.
What are the three families that presents different literacy practices?
1. Chinese
2. Vietnamese
3. Filipino
Is this a classroom management strategy?
No, there are no classroom management strategies in place.
What strategy does this picture reflect?
seatwork and teacher-led activities
What does permeability mean in the classroom.
- It means to use all aspects of a student, including, cultural, social and diversity norms.
What are some the we can do ourselves and be aware of?
Accessing Community Resources
What does generational dissonance?
Children become acculturated quicker, the children potentially become more parental in their roles in the family, while parents “gradually lose control”.