reflections on the impact of culture in the classroom

%%EOF Not being aware of these student expectations created many behavioral conflicts and increased my frustration. The cultural forces around us -- such as consumerism, industrialization, and secular humanism -- will triumph over any mission statement or strategies for envisioning and managing school culture, whether we . This need for instant gratification was alien and surprising to me. Many chose to misbehave to get my immediate attention. I discovered the majority of my students learned through linear logic and I had to adapt my teaching style accordingly. The goal of this study is to determine if a correlation exists between student self-reflection and academic performance and motivation. They very clearly needed to hear a stronger voice and expected me to identify misbehaving students publicly. Climate is perception-based, while culture is grounded in shared values and beliefs (Gruen-ert, 2008). When educators think about diversity in the classroom, culture may be one of the characteristics that crosses their mind. Bennett (1986) emphasizes the value of a learning . When comparing my results with the students' opinions, I found that the students and I agreed on the areas where most of the communication was taking place but disagreed on the intensity of the interactions. The results describe how a teacher interacts with her/his students and basically maps teacher behavior. To begin, the two different types of classroom orientations, or "how teachers view students" (2008), are deficiency orientation and difference orientation.Deficiency orientation is characterized by the teacher viewing the student as "lacking something, something that the teacher feels the student should have in order to succeed properly." (2008) For example, the teacher may think the . Conceptual conflicts. The problematic nature of interracial and interethnic communication. 8th Edition. By looking at mechanisms of group failure and success and then linking these to concrete practices, we highlight some important boundary conditions involving goal difficulty, how goals are set and feedback, which practitioners may find helpful to know about before building group work into the learning culture of . Real World Conversations in the Classroom: A Student's Reflection on COIL. Behavioral conflicts. Melting pot or mosaic? 5 /5 05 7 ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½Æ¹ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½sï¿½jsë¹ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½jsë¹ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ hk hï¿½Rï¿½ 0J !hk hï¿½Rï¿½ 6ï¿½OJ QJ \ï¿½]ï¿½^J hk h>T 5ï¿½6ï¿½\ï¿½]ï¿½ hk hï¿½Rï¿½ 5ï¿½6ï¿½\ï¿½]ï¿½ hk h>T OJ QJ ^J hk hï¿½Rï¿½ H*OJ QJ ^J hk hï¿½Rï¿½ OJ QJ ^J hk hï¿½Rï¿½ 5ï¿½6ï¿½ hk hk OJ QJ ^J hk hk 5ï¿½OJ QJ ^J hk hï¿½Rï¿½ 5ï¿½OJ QJ ^J hk hï¿½Rï¿½ ) 6 M c ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ! Education Digest, 55(4). Methodology I used entries from my personal diary, conversations with colleagues and friends, evaluations of my administrators, and copies of my disciplinary referrals of students to the principal's office to identify the major conflictive moments of this year. To what extent did cultural differences result in class management problems? Chronosystem: The chronosystem is the historical time and place in which a student learns. In general, communication was not felt to be antagonistic and the students did not have as bad an image of me as I thought they did by the way they behaved in class. Engagement with, and in, research empowers teachers to make evidence-informed choices about their practice and has been identified as a key feature of effective professional development (Cordingley et al., 2015). This need for constant supervision was new to me. A very positive result was that despite all the frustration I was feeling at that point, my communication with the students was taking place in a general framework of cooperation. Although I thought my lessons were more effective with these students, they saw me in a very similar way as the students I instructed in English. One of my biggest concerns in implementing these ideas, let alone Reflections on Multicultural Diversity understanding the diverse nature of my future classroom is the limited amount of time with which we will have with our students. But I did not find them willing and able to take responsibility for their own learning and they very seldom showed me they would use their time and resources wisely. Students wanted me to attend to them constantly and simultaneously. 0000001183 00000 n Reflections and learning from an internship experience. For years, theorists have argued that education has been used as a tool of oppression to teach People of Color that their culture is inferior to the dominant White culture (Woodson, 1933; Freire, 1970; hooks, 2001). Students would also yell, "This is boring" anytime an assignment was difficult, long, or self-directed. H��U�N�@}�W�c[)��޼�s��Q_�b\�;P��w�I�mZE�n�3svΜ��J� 0000005070 00000 n The Impact of Classroom Practices Teacher Educators' Reflections on Culturally Relevant Teachers. I also interpreted the results of the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction relevant to whether differences in communication styles were partly responsible for continual conflicts between my students and me. It is implied that even the possession of ideas, attitudes, values etc are. Encouraging asset-based mindsets through student-centered reflections in the Science classroom. Another source of conceptual conflict arose from the fact that students demanded an immediate and concrete utility to the material presented to them. They do not question its immediate utility and they are much more willing to go along with a teacher's lesson plan. Intercultural Communication -A Reader. My thoughts and feelings on classroom management have changed . In addition, I found it interesting that students and teachers at this middle school live in a culturally diverse environment without being fully aware of what makes us different and how we can transcend these differences to communicate better with each other. Students in Costa Rica trust that the material taught at school is something you are supposed to know. In comparison, classrooms in Chinese heritage culture classrooms, where lectures are the main form of instruction, do not seem to actively motivate students. This action research study examines the impact of culturally relevant teaching on the self-efficacy and engagement of African American males in social studies. My students sent a loud and clear message that they wanted more freedom in the classroom. Therefore, culture determines, to a great extent, learning and teaching styles. They very clearly needed to hear a stronger voice and expected me to identify misbehaving students publicly. In addition, I found it interesting that students and teachers at this middle school live in a culturally diverse environment without being fully aware of what makes us different and how we can transcend these differences to communicate better with each other. Culture influences greatly how we see the world, how we try to understand it and how we communicate with each other. ï¿½ï¿½`ï¿½ï¿½gdï¿½Rï¿½ gdk $a$gdk $a$gdï¿½Rï¿½ gdk J &J. This module examines the ways in which culture influences the daily interactions that occur across all classrooms and provides practice for enhancing culturally responsive teaching. Theory into Practice, 21(3). Found inside – Page 11Psychologist Gray (2011) has no doubt about the negative effects of decreasing opportunities for children to engage in ... Some practice-based research has documented the importance of storying in the classroom; for example, ... Students in Costa Rica trust that the material taught at school is something you are supposed to know. A Reflection of the book, Other People's Children~Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, by Lisa Delpit This book helps teachers understand how much a student's culture can impact their view of the world and their prior knowledge. 332 26 Found inside – Page 184Weighing between cause and effect, and reflecting on the pedagogies that informed their teaching practices in the classroom, pre-service teachers enter the Planning phase by asking “so what”: What might I do differently? My Gunston students, on the other hand, demanded lots of individual attention. Killian knows all about vampires and aliens. They also complained that I did not give them candy when they behaved well. (1993). Table 1 lists the movements or steps of several of these models. Your textbook identifies four ways that new members learn organizational culture: stories that convey what is important and provide examples rituals that express and reinforce . Much of what they say, the way they say it, and their relationship with students, parents and colleagues are deeply influenced by the way they have been socialized. My thoughts and feelings on classroom management have changed . Although educating students is the main goal of the school, teachers may have different variations on how to accomplish that goal. My insistence on having the students do multiple examples produced negative reactions that frustrated me and created an uneasy atmosphere in the classroom. Found inside – Page 202reflections on intercultural issues. The implications suggest that when intercultural ... and reflection, are reported as having an impact on student's cultural competency (Sandell & Tupy, 2015). Instructional strategies integrated into ... Reflection on classroom management. I was very puzzled and frustrated by the complaints of my Gunston students that we did "too much work." <<8a630ee4a764fb44bdce57b3b2e4a47f>]>> But students in many countries do not expect to have fun every day and every minute in the classroom. I believe that the cultural conflict I felt was partly due to the fact that most American students view school principally as a means to getting a job and making money. I would do so again halfway through the year, at . Conflicting moments arose in my Gunston classes when students refused to complete exercises because they felt they were too many or because they did not see the point in doing more if they got the first ones right. 0000010182 00000 n Culture in the Classroom: Standards, Indicators and Evidences for Evaluating Culturally Proficient Teaching was created for the purpose of self-reflections and continuous improvement by teachers, and for evaluation and feedback by ... When this happens, a school community creates a safe, supportive and purposeful environment for students and staff which, in turn, allows students to grow — academically and socially.. Reflect on Your Classroom Culture. 0000006726 00000 n (1998). I felt that my students needed and wanted a very strong teacher figure, but at the same time they resented the power of a teacher and needed to feel they were in control. Methods: This paper reviews findings from a number of studies, most of which rely on over-time meta-analyses of students' (primarily undergraduates') responses to psychological questionnaires measuring IQ, personality traits . I called these "conceptual conflicts". Found inside – Page 45about culture, Malaysian college students were able to learn about American culture and American teacher candidates were able to learn about ... Reflection questions for this area include: How does this information impact your teaching? Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools - Chapter Four Reflection. But students in many countries do not expect to have fun every day and every minute in the classroom. I believe I was not the only one that was experiencing culture shock. 8th Edition. Reflection also provides an effective avenue for integrating learners' social identities (e.g., class, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation) into the process of learning in a meaningful way. What were some of the areas in which my teaching style was in conflict with the learning styles of the majority of my students? Empathy builds positive classroom culture. Any difficult or challenging task was not fun and therefore was not worth doing! Wadsworth Publishing Co. Samovar, L.A. et al. Here you are! This book will help prepare you to meet these requirements and find the solutions that will lead you to that success. My teaching and communication styles are deeply rooted in the way I have been socialized and a year of teaching at Gunston reminded me that my students' communication and learning styles were different from mine. Findings and Reflections: Sources of Cultural Conflict The major sources of cultural conflict I identified in my interaction with my students can be separated into two categories. After that, you simply have to wait for the paper to be done. Education Week, 13(13). Education Week, 13(13). In the schools I had attended and taught in Costa Rica, respect for the teacher is a given. Culture in the Classroom: Standards, Indicators and Evidences for Evaluating Culturally Proficient Teaching was created for the purpose of self-reflections and continuous improvement by teachers, and for evaluation and feedback by evaluators. PAGE PAGE 1 6 c ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ - 9 E ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ { | ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ! Eighth graders in Costa Rica are already in a high school setting and do not expect so much individual attention. The figures obtained in both classes were almost identical. In this sense, climate is how people feel in the school, and culture is a deeper sense of how people act in the school. interrupting students that were working and inducing others to quit doing the exercises. trailer 0000007645 00000 n In experiential learning and internships, the real learning comes after the work term when you have an opportunity to think about what you saw and experienced. A practitioner-focused guide to creating identity-safe classrooms. docs -> National Conference Scholarship Opportunity! 2009).Reflection journal writing is believed to enable students to critically review processes of their own learning and . When we compare cultures we should not look for differences that make us better or worse than each other. Found inside – Page 23... appeared to have the greatest impact on the EC and EXP teachers' thinking at specified points during the program. While the teachers' reflections showed explicit connections among coursework, readings, and their classroom practice, ... I stop him as he runs. It is important because we are confronted with an increasingly diverse population of students and the wide achievement gap between minority and non-minority students. Cooperative learning in multicultural classrooms. Communication between cultures. To constructivists, challenging materials and cooperative activities where students participate and become engaged are essential in classroom instruction. They needed constant, direct, clear and very specific directions in order to complete any assigned task. Communication between cultures. et al. 0000013755 00000 n School in my country is not only about preparing for the job market but also about learning things you did not know before; therefore, no matter how impractical a topic may look, Costa Rican students try to learn about it when presented by the teacher. School in my country is not only about preparing for the job market but also about learning things you did not know before; therefore, no matter how impractical a topic may look, Costa Rican students try to learn about it when presented by the teacher. They refused to discuss a topic if they saw no practical utility to it or interrupted lectures to ask why they had to learn about a particular subject. The decision made it illegal to segregate public schools on the basis of race. Analyze and celebrate differences in . Students would also yell, "This is boring" anytime an assignment was difficult, long, or self-directed. Another source of conceptual conflict arose from the fact that students demanded an immediate and concrete utility to the material presented to them. ��4�0o�3A_å��Jgx�̫�$��M��E[Y�!��&�qΑ�s�(5d o�W��Հ�V�. 0000004315 00000 n I discovered that my communication style . It enables learners to recognize, accept and appreciate differences in race, culture, language, social class, gender, religion . Culturally Diverse Identities in the Austrian AHS Classroom: A Case Study. Effects on school culture and classroom pedagogy. A constant struggle for many teachers is mastering the art of classroom management. Be diverse in what you teach and read. Cultural Reflections acknowledges those differences and . ï¿½ Gudykunst, W.B. (1990). Reflection 6 Multicultural Education. Manning, M.L. Perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that I must adapt to this new environment and change the way I communicate if I wish to be an effective teacher. Making a case for the "fierce urgency of now," this new edition deepens the discussion of race and social justice in education with new and updated material. 1. How do we know what they know? This accompanying volume to the Standards focuses on a key kind of assessment: the evaluation that occurs regularly in the classroom, by the teacher and his or her students as interacting participants. The topic was the multicultural classroom, and in which areas the students experience positive and negative effects of cultural diversity in their schools. Found inside – Page 81This ac- tivity not only encourages passion and active reflection, but begins to put a face to the community, building the passion ... and reflection on complex cultural health beliefs that impact the patient–practitioner relationship. This book takes a holistic approach to pedagogy and argues that the purpose of education is to educate the student's whole personality including cognitive, social, and moral domains. Each year, you have to figure out what works best for you and your diverse set of learners. The goal of this study is to determine if a correlation exists between student self-reflection and academic performance and motivation. 0000006504 00000 n Cultural style in teaching and learning. The Clearing House, 67(1). I realized that I had to adapt my style to meet the needs and expectations of the students, and as the year progressed I began giving treats to my students. To incorporate cultural awareness into your classroom curriculum, you should: 1. Cultural self-reflection is a way of understanding yourself or institution by exploring how the culture you live in shapes who you are. R. (1994). I was able to identify conceptual and behavioral differences between my students and me in teaching and learning science that I believe were culturally based. Creating Cultures of Thinking is a rarity—a seamless blend of all three genres. Whether you teach kindergarteners or graduate students, you will learn much from this book." —Howard Gardner, author of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed reflection, both independently and with a peer, in order to improve equitable and high achievement outcomes for our schools, classrooms and students. 0 Reflection Karla Essmann Torres Classroom Management Classroom management involves everything that happens into the classroom, the role of the teacher is to manage these inevitably situations in a proper manner in order to carry on the class. Your textbook identifies four ways that new members learn organizational culture: stories that convey what is important and . According to her article, "Reflections on the Impact of Culture in the Classroom," Giselle Mora-Bourgeois says culture refers to the ways in which different groups of people organize their . Educational Leadership, 51(8). together will offer the opportunity for more depth for culturally sensitive teaching. Practice and repetition are important aspects of the learning process in the Costa Rican school system. Culture includes what people actually do and what they believe. As an instructional mentor, I meet with novice teachers weekly where we take time to plan, analyze student learning and identify high leverage practices to support student growth. Multicultural education is an approach to teaching and learning that is based on democratic values and beliefs and affirms cultural pluralism within culturally diverse societies. They got impatient about wanting to see immediately "the point" to what I was presenting. Following are my reflections on how culture and communication impacted my experience at Gunston. Found inside – Page 71Reflecting. on. Diversity. through. a. Simulated. Practicum. Classroom: ... be in an informed position with regard to the impact of cultural background to teaching practice especially in relation to international pre-service teachers. SAGE Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA. 0000009169 00000 n Found inside – Page 111It also considers the different factors which influence the culture of the classroom. Why is reflection important in the knowledge creation process? All learning is based on experienced reflection. We reflect in order to achieve a ... The teacher is the authority figure. I tried teaching science and the world around us more by looking at and explaining patterns than by concentrating on the details. The results describe how a teacher interacts with her/his students and basically maps teacher behavior. They wanted to get from me the specific answers to the exercises presented to them and they felt very uncomfortable when I told them that several different answers would work. Currently, a plethora of models of reflection is available for teacher use. July 8, 2021. Communication in My Classroom Three African American males were used as focal students in this 7-week study. Many chose to misbehave to get my immediate attention. Cross-cultural experiential learning for teachers. The cultural forces around us -- such as consumerism, industrialization, and secular humanism -- will triumph over any mission statement or strategies for envisioning and managing school culture, whether we . Assessments and evaluations are an important part of the education culture we work in. They would not refuse to complete a task just because they do not find it entertaining. The database is protected by copyright ©sckool.org 2020, Findings and Reflections: Sources of Cultural Conflict, docs -> Preparation for your Personal Best – Essay type examinations, docs -> Collegiate Pre-Medical Services: Platinum Collegiate Advising Service, docs -> Framework for argumentative essay. docs -> A personal view of scientific writing or The mistakes I have made! Modify professional practices through self-reflection, assessment of mindset, and evaluation of the impact of interactions on students. Dunn, R. et al. However, I believe they remained with the feeling of not being rewarded in my classes and I never felt comfortable with the idea of providing rewards for everyday tasks that they were expected to complete. The culture/learning style connection. I began this year feeling I was a tough, yet amicable and organized teacher. Based on rigorous and replicated research, this is the first book to show why and how faculty who wish to focus on learning, rather than sorting or judging, might proceed. While some may view diversity as just another percentage on a school's fact sheet, diversity means more to me. My personal experience as a first year teacher at Gunston Middle School has led me to recognize the important role culture plays in the teaching-learning process. Porter. For example, at the beginning of the school year, I would conduct a 30 day check-in on my classroom structure, activities and policies. It's been a little more than 60 years since Brown vs. Board of Education, one of the most important Supreme Court cases in the history of the United States. When I was teaching, I would take time to reflect in different ways throughout the year. By looking at mechanisms of group failure and success and then linking these to concrete practices, we highlight some important boundary conditions involving goal difficulty, how goals are set and feedback, which practitioners may find helpful to know about before building group work into the learning culture of . The laces of his pint-sized tennis shoes flail wildly in all directions. Halfway into the year I was seeing myself much more softened (more willing to give breaks) and helpful than I used to be. Inspire yourself and others with the second edition of this best-selling book. With heartfelt advice, practical wisdom, and examples from the field, Todd Whitaker explains the qualities and practices that distinguish great principals. Much of what they say, the way they say it, and their relationship with students, parents and colleagues are deeply influenced by the way they have been socialized. The culture/learning style connection. R. (1994). Found inside – Page 415In an educational setting this gives an opportunity for self-reflection on one's own cultural background and that of others in order to foster personal development, interpersonal understanding, and connectedness in schools and ... Using essential questions can be challenging—for both teachers and students—and this book provides guidance through practical and proven processes, as well as suggested "response strategies" to encourage student engagement. 0000002863 00000 n References Also noteworthy was a major discrepancy shown in the results of the Questionnaire concerning the perception that I had of myself as a teacher halfway through the year compared to the one that I had before I began my year at Gunston. " The volume Thought-Culture offers an array of practical tips for those who are interested in improving their mental acuity. Your classroom materials should be a mirror for your students in which they can see themselves represented. & R. Lucking. For example, if I did not attend to a student immediately after he/she had called me, she/he began playing, walking around the classroom, or calling me loudly and repeatedly. The goal of this teaching module is to highlight a few of the key challenges and concerns in promoting diversity, and illustrate ways to incorporate an . 200 years ago . Students wanted me to attend to them constantly and simultaneously. These cultural beliefs, mannerisms and practices should not be overlooked but embraced and celebrated. Teaching in Spanish did not give me any particular advantage when communicating with my immersion students. Found inside – Page 80that person if she/he were a student in their classroom. ... Students' reflections at the end of the semester captured this feeling: Anne: The impact that this course had on me was that it shifted my beliefs and attitudes about other ... Communication is an essential part of daily life of every individual. Reflections on the Impact of Culture in the Classroom Giselle Mora-Bourgeois Gunston Middle School Arlington County (VA) Public Schools Submitted June 2000 Introduction A year of teaching 8th graders at Gunston Middle School provided me with many lessons on the impact of cultural differences and communication styles on the teaching-learning process. This job, however, proved to be puzzling and difficult. middle-class females, the gap between their cultural comfort zone and their students' cultural backgrounds is likely to continue. My teaching and communication styles were not working at Gunston and I had to adapt quickly, but such adaptation brought feelings of uneasiness on my part that remained throughout the year. This book demonstrates the advantages and impact of using film and audiovisual material in the language classroom. 0000002827 00000 n Intercultural Communication -A Reader. Key examples of this include Ofsted's emphasis on the valu In his article " Developing Empathy in the Classroom ," Bob Sornson asserts: "Empathy is the heart . Because of the ever-growing demographics, teaching cultural competency has become a major focus in the classroom, especially for a public school system as vast and diverse as Montgomery County. Sometimes it is used to define statistics of school populations. Found inside – Page 256... LL, UR Quadrants The ECE's beliefs and understandings, intertwined within the classroom culture and relationships ... and supplemented with reflections from the individual case studies to inform the impact of the exterior systems ... Brianna Crowley ( @akaMsCrowley ) is an English teacher and instructional technology coach in Hershey, Pa. A 2014-15 CTQ . As an administrator, my teachers will follow my lead to develop a culture learning, only when they see that I am willing to put a priority on what we are teaching and evaluating in the classrooms. 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