Multiculturalism in Special Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 382-397
Author(s):  
Zandile P. Nkabinde
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Urban Schools ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Prior Experiences

The goal of this chapter is to explore multicultural education in the context of special education. Multicultural education as an effective intervention in urban schools is discussed. Obiakor (2007) describes this era as that of accountability where schools are challenged to leave no child behind, which makes schools more responsive to students' needs including those with special needs who are linguistically and culturally diverse. In addition, Gay (2002) defines culturally responsive teaching as using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, and performance styles of diverse students to make learning more appropriate and effective for them; it teaches to and through the strengths of these students.

Multiculturalism in Special Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 806-821
Author(s):  
Zandile P. Nkabinde
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Urban Schools ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Prior Experiences

The goal of this chapter is to explore multicultural education in the context of special education. Multicultural education as an effective intervention in urban schools is discussed. Obiakor (2007) describes this era as that of accountability where schools are challenged to leave no child behind, which makes schools more responsive to students' needs including those with special needs who are linguistically and culturally diverse. In addition, Gay (2002) defines culturally responsive teaching as using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, and performance styles of diverse students to make learning more appropriate and effective for them; it teaches to and through the strengths of these students.

Moving beyond disproportionality: the role of culturally responsive teaching in special education

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Williams Shealey ◽  
Patricia Alvarez McHatton ◽  
Vixen Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Responsive Teaching

Diversity Beyond Disability

2020 ◽  
pp. 112-129
Author(s):  
York Williams
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Effective Delivery ◽  
Tiered Interventions

The effective delivery of special education relies heavily upon the type of family collaboration beyond the students' disability, an area that is commonly overlooked in education. Hence, based on the schema presented here, the students' unique cultural and familial needs become paramount in boosting student achievement. The author contends that inclusive practices, coupled with a peacemaking curricula that is culturally responsive, has the potential to provide the ripe amount of programming to enable students to become change agents. Additionally, peacemaking coupled with diversity, tiered interventions, and family collaborations enlarge the floor of opportunity for students with special needs. Students with identified special and other needs and who come from diverse backgrounds benefit not only from rigorous and goal-centered instruction, but also from culturally responsive teaching and pedagogy beyond their disability, embedded with culturally-responsive family collaboration.

Culturally Responsive Teaching with Adult Learners

2021 ◽  
pp. 1459-1468
Author(s):  
Christy M. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learning ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Inclusive Learning ◽  
K 12

In recent decades, educational research has strongly supported the incorporation of culture and cultural identities into adult learning environments. However, much of the literature about culturally responsive teaching, a well-established framework in multicultural education research, has been conducted in the K-12 setting, leaving one to question how adult education researchers and practitioners utilize these approaches. This article describes research conducted from a culturally responsive framework in various adult learning environments. In general, many studies eschewed the complete culturally responsive framework, choosing selected aspects commonly identified with sociocultural theory. The most commonly used tenets were: the importance of learners' cultural identities, the need for adult educators to explore their own cultural identities, and the role that diverse curriculum and materials play in establishing an inclusive learning environment.

Culturally Responsive Teaching with Adult Learners

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy M. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Inclusive Learning ◽  
K 12

In recent decades, educational research has strongly supported the incorporation of culture and cultural identities into adult learning environments. However, much of the literature about culturally responsive teaching, a well-established framework in multicultural education research, has been conducted in the K-12 setting, leaving one to question how adult education researchers and practitioners utilize these approaches. This article describes research conducted from a culturally responsive framework in various adult learning environments. In general, many studies eschewed the complete culturally responsive framework, choosing selected aspects commonly identified with sociocultural theory. The most commonly used tenets were: the importance of learners' cultural identities, the need for adult educators to explore their own cultural identities, and the role that diverse curriculum and materials play in establishing an inclusive learning environment.

An Examination of Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-214
Author(s):  
Rebecca A. Cruz ◽  
Sarah Manchanda ◽  
Allison R. Firestone ◽  
Janelle E. Rodl
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Practicing Teachers ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds

Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) is a set of practices designed to build on students’ cultural and linguistic backgrounds as teaching and learning occur. Although CRT can have positive effects on student outcomes, little research has examined teachers’ self-efficacy to implement CRT practices. Using the Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy (CRTSE) scale, the authors explore specific areas in which teachers feel self-efficacious in regard to implementing CRT practices and the factors that affect both preservice and practicing teachers’ self-efficacy in delivering CRT. Participants ( n = 245) reported feeling more confident in building personal relationships with students and building trust, but less confident in areas that involved specific cultural knowledge, such as being able to validate students in their native language and teaching students about their culture’s contributions to curricular topics. Results also showed that years of experience positively correlated with increased self-efficacy.

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Training for Pre-Service Special Educators in Higher Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 972-986
Author(s):  
York Williams
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Special Education Teacher ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Service Departments

In the field of public education, special education teacher preparation is one of the most critical areas of teacher preparation in higher education, given the mandate of FAPE under the IDEA. Additionally, teacher preparation programming that provides pre-service teachers with the knowledge, skills, and clinical experiences that can meet the learning-diverse needs of students is of paramount importance. However, teacher preparation programs often focus on meeting accreditation standards, job placement and service opportunities while leaving the teaching of diversity in special education as an add-on to be fulfilled by service departments, humanities courses, and/or social science electives. In order for universities and institutions of higher education to fulfill its mandate of teacher-training in special education, with a focus beyond the disability, they must adopt a curricula revision that includes culturally responsive teaching and diversity.

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