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A minium of "35 square feer of usuable space indoors per child" is required as acceptable physical space.
ReplyDelete"The arts are humanity's expression of life itself."- Merryl Goldberg 2006
What the best way to teach multiple cultures to school that are not culturally diverse?
Ashley Stanton
"The arts are humanity's expression of life itself."
ReplyDeleteFact - Children use learning tools to experience, ponder, produce, and process ideas.
Question - How do you accommodate to children's workspace with special needs, without making them feel left out of the classroom?
Jessica Walker
Fact- A primary goal of education for diversity is teacing cildren to be productive members of society.
ReplyDeleteWhat activites would you design to involve the rest of the children?
"An enviornment that is rich in possiblities for explploring gender, race, ethnicity, and different ableness sets the science for practicing anti- bias and multicultural curriculum"
"Children don't see color. They only see children"
ReplyDeleteCreativity is an important resource in multicultural education and an essential element of the classrooms wehre teaching about diversity is taking place.
What do you do to help encourage students to be creative when they don't think they can be?
Ashlee Stuver
ReplyDeleteWhat is the one instructional material that can be used in multicultural education that every classroom should have?
"Play enables children to grow out of their egocentric and ethnocentric picture of the world." Frances Kendall
Play is an important element of positive social, emotional, and physical development of all young children.
What do you remember about the classrooms of the schools you attended?
ReplyDelete"The arts are humanity's expression of life itself." Merryl Goldberg
A carefully designed classroom arrangement can facilitate children's interactions.
Amy Brendle
ReplyDeleteFact: A minimum of "35 square feet of usable space indoors per child," is required as acceptable physical space. (p316)
Quote: "A teacher of young children knows that imagination and ability to conceptualize are sparked when children are surrounded by an environment that is visually and emotionally inviting." (p. 319)
Question: In regard to the classroom aspects that were suggested as important to consider, what is your opinion? (p 323)
Rita Hildebrand
ReplyDeleteQuote: In the opinion of Tway(cited by Norton 2003), "in a country of multicultural heritage, children require books that reflect and illuminate that varied heritage."
Fact: A primary goal of education for diversity is teaching children to be productive members of a culturally eclectic society.
Question: How do you introduce a special needs child to the class on the first day without making them feel different?
Nikki Cross
ReplyDeleteAll objects that comprise the classroom environment have the potential of influencing children.
"One of them said that my classroom made her feel at home and that, for me, was the best compliment" -Barbara
How do we keep our multicultural classrooms from stereotyping?
Quote: "A have asked the children and the parents to contribute objects, books, and items that reflect their cultures. Their response still amazes me. They have sent so many wonderful things that are displayed in the classroom throughout the year." - Barbara
ReplyDeleteFact: Creativity can be defined as the special ability to see things in unusual or unconventional ways.
Question: What should you do when students use their cultural differences to their advantage to get away with antics?
Kailey Stroud
ReplyDeleteQuestion- What if my classroom is "Monocultural"?
Quote- "Welcoming parents into the classroom promotes goodwill and mutual respect."
Fact- Every area of the classroom presents opportunities for children to explore and discover their culture and those of others.
Question: How would a teacher go about dealing with stereotyping or racial slurs in the classroom in a learning stance?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Play enables children to grow out of their egocentric and ethnocentric picture of the world." Frances Kendall
Fact: Creativity is an important resource in multicultural education and an essential element of the classrooms wehre teaching about diversity is taking place.
Taylor Cunningham
ReplyDeleteFact: "A minimum of 35 square feet of usable space indoors per child is required as acceptable physical space" (NAEYC 2005)
Quote: Every area of the classroom presents opportunities for children to explore and discover their cultures and those of others.
Question: What are some important parts for every effective multicultural classroom?
Quote: The arts are humanity's expression of life itself. -Merryl Goldberg
ReplyDeleteFact: The four levels of the cyle of learning are awareness, exploration, inquiry, and utilization.
Question: What are some things you observed in EDU 203 that showed a good multicultural curriculum was being taught in the classroom?
Quote:"An environment that is rich in possibilities for exploring gender, race/ethnicity, and different ableness sets the scene for practicing anti-bias curriculum."
ReplyDeleteFact: Developmentally appropriate content is characterized by being child-centered and integrated.
Question: What should your classroom say to those who enter?
Question: What are the four environments of the classroom?
ReplyDeleteFact: Jean Piaget defines play as a natural and inherent chracteristic of individuals found across cultures and that children respond spontaneouly to any gamelike activity.
Quote: "The arts are humanity's expression of life itself." -Merryl Goldberg
Question: What do you remember about the classrooms of the schools you attended?
ReplyDeleteFact: A classroom is a place of continuous intellectual activity. Intellectual or cognitive activity is the process of forming and acquiring ideas and concepts. Cognition thrives in young children when they are given opportunities to experience and discover realities on their own. One of the major ways for children to grow and develop cognitively is through play.
Quote: " An environment that is rich in possibilities for exploring gender , race/ethnicity, and different ableness sets the scence for practicing anti-bias [and multicultural] curriculum."
Taylor Arehart
ReplyDeleteQuote: The arts are hunamity's expression of life itself.:
-Merryl Goldberg
Fact: Tokenism is when only one item from a culture is present to represent it such as a doll. It minimizes the the existence of certain culture groups and reduces importance.
Question: What is a way you would use art to teach children multiculturalism?
Quote: "in a country of multicultural heritage, children require books that reflect and illuminate that varied heritage."
ReplyDelete-Opinion of Tway-
Fact: Good multicultural classroom materials need to be free of biases, stereotypes, and misrepresentations of cultural groups.
Question: As a new teacher, how do you choose what things to incorporate into the classroom, so that you cover all cultures?
Quote: "Every area of the classroom presents opportunities for children to explore and discover their culture and those of others."
ReplyDeleteFact: Learning about their heritage is important to young children.
Question: How can i get the children more involved in telling us about their culture, and what can I do to make my classroom more student friendly?
Quote: " An environment that is rich in possibilities for exploring gender, race/ethnicity, and different ablenss sets the scene for practicing anti-bias[and multicultural] curriculum.- Louis Derman-Sparks
ReplyDeleteFact:A carefully designed classroom arrangement can facilitate children's interactions.
Question: What are some important parts of a multicultral classroom?
Fact: Creativity can be defined as the special ablility to see things in unusual or unconventional ways.
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Learning about their heritage is important to young children."
Question: How can we cater to different learning styles within each lesson?
Emily Murdock
ReplyDeleteFact:
According to the accreditation criteria from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, space should be allocated according to the number of children enrolled. A minimum of "35 square feet of usable space indoors per child" is required as acceptable physical space.
Quote:
"Carefully selected literature can illustrate the contributions and values of the many cultures and is especially critical to fostering an appreciation of the heritage of the minorities in US society. A positive self-concept is not possible unless we respect others as well as ourselves; literature can contribute considerably toward our understanding and thus our respect."
Question:
What do you think the teacher said to the girls in the situation on page 328? How can a situation like that be avoided?
F~A carefully designed room arrangement can facilitate childrens interactions
ReplyDeleteQ~Is there a specific floor plan for arranging your classroom? If so, what is it?
Quote~Educator Frances Kendall(1996) believes play "enables children to grow out of their egocentric and ethnocentric picture of the world."
Question: How do you as a teacher make sure that all of your students feel comfortable in your classroom?
ReplyDeleteFact: The four cycles of learning are awareness, exploration, inquiry, and utilization. pg 349
Quote: "Good multicultural classroom materials need to be free of biases, stereotypes, and misrepresentations of cultural groups." pg 324
Fact: A carefully designed classroom arrangement can facilitale children's interactions.
ReplyDeleteQuote: "In a country of multicultural heritage, children require books that reflect and illuminate that varied heritage." Norton 2003
Question: How do you know if your going about the right way with teaching the children multicultural?
melody ellsworth
ReplyDeletequestion: how do you avoid "token diversity"?
quote: "children don't see colors they only see children." pg. 326
fact: the classroom in intended to foster the cognitive, social, and emotional development of all children.
Quote: The arts are humanity's expression of life itself.
ReplyDeleteFact: NAEYC states a minimum of 35 square feet of usable space indoors per child, is required as acceptable physical space for an environment of high quality learning.
Question: At what age or grade level would it be appropriate to homosexuality to the multicultural curriculum?