scholarly journals Engaging Ethnic-Diverse Students: A Research Based on Culturally Responsive Teaching for Roma-Gypsy Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 739
Author(s):  
Jennifer Meléndez-Luces ◽  
Pilar Couto-Cantero
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Diverse Students ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
North West ◽  
The North

Intercultural Education is a key feature in the development of inclusion strategies aimed at ethnically diverse students. Transformative approaches towards learning such as Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) are essential in order to answer the educative needs that arise due to the coexistence between ethnic minorities and mainstream society. Therefore, cultural and historical representation of these communities play an important role as gatekeepers in order to achieve positive results as far as inclusive education is concerned. This article explores research based on a case study carried out in a high school located in the North-West of Spain developing successful learning stories after implementing the CRT methodology within the teaching of English as a foreign language. For its development, this article examines the trajectory of education with Roma-Gypsy students and moves forward with previous studies that endorse the success of using this approach among ethnically diverse students for their inclusion within the educative system. Intercultural and Plurilingual Education is a key feature in the development of inclusion strategies aimed at ethnically diverse students. This article includes research based on a case study carried out in a high school located in the North-West of Spain. It is aimed at: 1. Engaging ethnically diverse students to become part of the mainstream classroom through the inclusion of their culture; 2. Improving their language skills and competencies in the learning of a foreign language; 3. Raising the attendance at schools of ethnically diverse students. To achieve these targets the Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) Methodology has been implemented. CRT is considered essential to answer the educative needs that arise due to the coexistence between ethnic minorities and conventional communities. After gathering and analyzing data, results show that: ethnically diverse students’ motivation has been increased; it also expanded their social skills among peers; they gained more visibility; and finally, both diverse and non-diverse learners improved their proficiency in the English language. The discussion section states that the use of CRT Methodology traditionally used with Afro-American and Native-American students is also relevant for the Roma-Gypsy students that took part in this study.

Identifying Program Characteristics for Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Diversity

2011 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 658-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motoko Akiba
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Diverse Students ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Background Characteristics ◽  
Professional Contexts

Background/Context Educating pre-service teachers to develop multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills for teaching diverse students is a major responsibility of teacher education program coordinators and teacher educators. Numerous studies have discussed and explored the characteristics of teacher preparation that improve pre-service teachers’ competency to teach diverse students. However, only a few empirical studies have examined the relationship between preparation characteristics and pre-service teachers’ multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills. Research Questions The study answered two research questions: 1) How do the initial level and change in pre-service teachers’ beliefs about diversity in personal and professional contexts differ by their background characteristics? and 2) What characteristics of teacher preparation for diversity reported by pre-service teachers are associated with positive changes in their beliefs about diversity in personal and professional contexts, controlling for their background characteristics? Participants The participants were 243 pre-service teachers enrolled in eight sections in a diversity course and accompanied field experience component in a teacher education program in a Midwest Research I university. Research Design Pre- and post-surveys were conducted to examine: 1) pre-service teachers’ background characteristics (gender, socioeconomic status, class standing, hometown location, and prior exposure to diversity), 2) beliefs about diversity in personal and professional contexts, and 3) four characteristics of teacher preparation for diversity: classroom as a learning community; instructor modeling constructivist and culturally-responsive teaching; field experience for understanding diverse students; and opportunity for reflection. Findings The study found that three characteristics of teacher preparation for diversity reported by pre-service teachers: 1) classroom as a learning community, 2) instructor modeling constructivist and culturally-responsive teaching, and 3) field experience for understanding diverse students were significantly associated with positive changes in pre-service teachers’ beliefs about diversity in both personal and professional contexts. Conclusions/Recommendations Creating a sense of community in classrooms, and modeling constructivist and culturally responsive teaching are likely to promote positive beliefs about diversity among pre-service teachers. In addition, field experiences should promote pre-service teachers’ interactions with people from diverse backgrounds, assign a mentor to support their learning experience and promote self reflection, and provide opportunities to understand the connection with diversity coursework.

Utilizing Culturally Responsive Teaching in an SEL Curriculum

2020 ◽  
pp. 152-169
Author(s):  
Ronald D. Morgan ◽  
Sonia Rodriguez ◽  
Sladjana Rakich
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
School Students ◽  
Equitable Outcomes ◽  
Diverse Groups

Schools are increasing the use of social emotional learning (SEL) curriculum, especially at the elementary level. As this trend continues, it's important to examine the SEL curriculum and the competencies that define it. While there are similar definitions for explaining what's involved in SEL, most educators agree that it's basically the process through which students acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, in order to help them make more responsible decisions. In this chapter, the detailed elements of SEL will be reviewed first, followed by an overview of the basic tenets of culturally responsive teaching. Additional cultural needs that today's elementary, middle, and high school students face will also be addressed in this chapter. The last part of the chapter will discuss the importance of merging SEL and culturally responsive teaching in co-existence in order to develop a stronger curriculum for creating equitable outcomes for diverse groups of students.

scholarly journals Negotiating the Cultural Terrain in Transforming Classrooms—The LEAP MODEL

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Lifeas Kudakwashe Kapofu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Teacher Practices ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Limited Knowledge

This study recentres the sociocultural in culturally transforming pedagogic settings whilst foregrounding culturally responsive teaching (CRT). Through a protracted anthropological excavation, teachers’ experiences in a culturally diverse integrated high school were explored and interpreted vis-à-vis tenets and precepts of CRT. Findings from observation and interviews indicate that the pedagogic settings as structured by the teachers were not attendant to the aspirations of CRT and teacher practices were not reflective of dispositions of CRT. Teachers professed negative experiences of the pedagogic setting, demonstrated and professed limited knowledge of the cultural being of their learners. The findings highlighted the need for micro-context cultural excavations to remedy socioculturally detached teaching. Cognisant of the emergent need for a learning tool, the LEAP model is proposed premised on centering the humanistic world of the learners and the inherent currency in their culture for progressive teaching and learning engagements.

Utilizing Culturally Responsive Teaching in an SEL Curriculum

2021 ◽  
pp. 422-439
Author(s):  
Ronald D. Morgan ◽  
Sonia Rodriguez ◽  
Sladjana Rakich
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
School Students ◽  
Equitable Outcomes ◽  
Diverse Groups

Schools are increasing the use of social emotional learning (SEL) curriculum, especially at the elementary level. As this trend continues, it's important to examine the SEL curriculum and the competencies that define it. While there are similar definitions for explaining what's involved in SEL, most educators agree that it's basically the process through which students acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, in order to help them make more responsible decisions. In this chapter, the detailed elements of SEL will be reviewed first, followed by an overview of the basic tenets of culturally responsive teaching. Additional cultural needs that today's elementary, middle, and high school students face will also be addressed in this chapter. The last part of the chapter will discuss the importance of merging SEL and culturally responsive teaching in co-existence in order to develop a stronger curriculum for creating equitable outcomes for diverse groups of students.

scholarly journals CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING OF IMMIGRANTS IN ADULT EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY IN SWEDEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Andreas Ahrens ◽  
Jelena Zascerinska ◽  
Julija Melnikova ◽  
Virginija Jurgaityte ◽  
Ludmila Aleksejeva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Theoretical Modelling ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Norms And Values

Adult education has been criticized for its lack of focus on sociocultural aspects of individual learners, largely ignoring the importance of cultural identity to the learning process. The article’s aim is to investigate culturally responsive teaching of immigrants in adult education, theoretically and empirically underpinning the implementation of a case study for the elaboration of implications on culturally responsive teaching of immigrants in adult education. Research methods include theoretical and empirical methods. Theoretical methods imply analysis of theoretical sources and theoretical modelling. The empirical study was based on a case study. The sample was composed of 20 adult learners and three teachers of Swedish in May 2019 and February 2020. The case study was implemented at Folkuniversitetet, Kristianstad, Sweden. The theoretical findings allow defining religion and human comfort conditions such as thermal comfort as the dimensions of cultural norms and values to be addressed by culturally responsive teaching of immigrants. The findings of the empirical study allow drawing the conclusion on the necessity of a personalised approach to an adult learner in culturally responsive teaching of immigrants. The novelty of the present work is revealed in the implications on culturally responsive teaching of immigrants. Further research is proposed.

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