Promoting Inclusion Through Culturally Responsive Teaching

Kucer, P. N.
Decoding Education

 

Submission type

Oral and Poster

Scheduled

Room 206, 12-07-2019, 09:00 - 10:30

Keywords

Inclusion, culturally responsive teaching, diversity, equity, cultural competence

Summary

Culturally responsive teaching is a means of promoting inclusive practices within our diverse classrooms. Our student populations are comprised of diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, religion, language, and socioeconomic status. Students who feel included in the classroom are more likely to participate. Classroom engagement is critical for students’ learning; culturally responsive teaching can facilitate such classroom engagement. We are in an era where teachers are travelling across oceans to teach in different countries. However, those teachers are often not knowledgeable about the culture, diversity, and educational structure of the new country where they are teaching. Furthermore, educators are entering school systems in other countries without being knowledgeable about the country’s general and special education laws. This lack of knowledge impacts the educator’s ability to engage in inclusive culturally appropriate practices. School psychologists can provide training to foreign educators to assist them in developing their cultural competence of the new culture within which they are teaching. In this session, participants will learn about the elements of cultural competence, learn about inclusive education, and be exposed to activities for culturally responsive teaching. This session will be interactive, inclusive of role-plays.

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