C&I 111 Teaching Diverse Students

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Blog Prompt #6

This final blog post should be a reflection on your ethnic dining experience. Use the experience of all your senses as you describe food, the atmosphere, but most of all the people.

In addition to your reflection, there are a couple of added requirements for this post:

1. Please insert a picture that relates to the ethnic cuisine you chose. It can be one you took at the restaurant, or one you found online. (If it is not your picture, be sure to include a citation at the bottom of your post.)

2. Somewhere in your post, include a link to a website that pertains to this culture, food, restaurant you visited, city where it's located, a review of the restaurant or that kind of food, or even a recipe for the dish you ate or that cuisine.

Can't wait to share your experience!

"The most powerful learning in schools and child care centers occurs informally, accidentally, unintentionally, through the ‘messages' we send to them about who they are as people and where they fit in the world" (Swiniarski & Breitborde, p. 124).

"Teachers have an unmatched power to affect the lives of children and what they ‘know' about themselves and the world" (Swiniarski & Breitborde, p. 124).

These are two powerful quotes from past readings. Think back to a school experience where a teacher used his or her power to affect a child, you or a classmate, in a negative way. Describe that situation as best you can. What lesson was taught? If that teacher had the opportunity to take a class such as C&I 111, how might they have handled the situation differently? What lesson might have been taught using knowledge gained from such a class?

A culturally relevant, anti-bias classroom does not happen on its own. It requires conscious observation and planning on the part of the teacher. List three things you can do to increase diversity in your classroom. List two things you can do in order to eliminate stereotypes from your classroom. Be sure to tie your answers into this week's readings.

The readings for this week presented several definitions of multicultural education from various experts in the field. Which definition resonates most with your thoughts and ideas on multicultural education and why?  (Please include the name of the expert and their definition at the beginning of your post.)

Explain how some of the resources and strategies covered in the readings may help you put this theory into practice as an educational practitioner.