" Putting Culture to
Work: Culture and
Learning in the 21st
Century"
Culturally
Responsive
— Culturally responsive teaching means using
students’ customs, characteristics, experience,
and perspectives as tools for better classroom
instruction.
— It’s the kind of teaching that helps students of
color see themselves and their communities as
belonging in schools and other academic spaces,
leading to more engagement and success.
3 Components of Culturally Relevant
Pedagogy
1. Student learning 2. Cultural competence
– prioritizing students’ – creating an environment where
intellectual growth, students affirm and appreciate
including their ability to their culture of origin while also
problem-solve developing fluency in at least
one other culture;
3. Critical consciousness
– teaching students how to identify,
analyze, and solve real-world
problems, especially those that result
in societal inequities against
marginalized groups.
Five Essential
Components of
Culturally Responsive
Teaching:
Five essential components of culturally
responsive teaching:
1. A strong knowledge base about cultural
diversity
Teachers should understand different racial and
ethnic groups’ cultural values, traditions, and
contributions to society, and incorporate that
knowledge into their instruction.
Five essential components of culturally
responsive teaching:
2. Culturally Relevant Curricula
Teachers should include multiple perspectives
in their instruction and make sure the images
displayed in classrooms such as on bulletin
boards represent a wide range of diversity.
Teachers should also contextualize issues
within race, class, ethnicity, and gender.
Five essential components of culturally
responsive teaching:
3. High expectations for all students
Teachers should help students achieve
academic success while still validating their
cultural identities.
Five essential components of culturally
responsive teaching:
4. An appreciation for different communication
styles
Teachers should understand different
communication styles and modify classroom
interactions accordingly.
Five essential components of culturally
responsive teaching:
5. The use of multicultural instructional
examples
Teachers should connect students’ prior
knowledge and cultural experiences with new
knowledge.
Here are some examples of culturally responsive
teaching:
•Teachers who practice culturally responsive
teaching have a classroom full of books featuring
characters and images that represent a variety of
ages, genders, ethnicities, and other types of
diversity.
•They share the achievements and expertise of
people from different ethnic groups in every subject
area.
•They include multiple perspectives when discussing
RETHINKING
LEARNING AND
CULTURAL
PROCESS IN
EDUCATION
Focusing on Understanding Processes
“Learning is conceived of as a process
occurring within on-going activity and not
divided into separate characteristics of
individuals and contexts” (Gutiérrez &
Rogoff, 2003, p. 20)
Cultural Differences
“Attributed to variations in people’s
involvement in common practices of
particular cultural communities” , and these
practices cannot be identified strictly with
membership in ethnic, racial, or linguistic
groups.
Cultural-historical approach
-Cultural repertoires of practice represent the “ways of
engaging in activities stemming from observing and
otherwise participating in cultural practices” (Gutiérrez &
Rogoff)
-Repertoires prepare individuals with a range of
competencies that reflect community-based approaches.
-By understanding their students’ repertoires of practices,
teachers can facilitate learning based on developing
“dexterity in using both familiar and new approaches”
Cultural Modeling (Lee, 2007)
- A design framework that organizes
tasks and participation structures as
mediational tools to facilitate relevant
and meaningful learning opportunities
for students
Two Core Components of this Framework:
•Focus on the cultural practices that youth
participate in outside of school.
• Focus on the very specific demands of different
disciplinary domains in school.
Thank You!
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