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Case: Food and Holidays
My school principal told all the teachers at my school at the beginning of the school year that because of the recent changes in the demographics of the school, we had to develop and implement lessons that were Culturally Responsive. I had heard of the term "Culturally Responsive", but I am not the most knowledgeable person about it. So, I did lessons on holidays and traditions in different cultures. I had some lessons on food favored by different cultures. When appropriate, I brought guest speakers to my classroom. The other day I was having a casual conversation with the school principal and she asked me about how the culturally responsive teaching was going. I told her about the things I have done. She said I got it all wrong. I was shocked and hurt by her comment. How am I going to develop and implement culturally responsive lessons? I really do not know. What is wrong with my holidays, traditions, and foods? I thought I was doing a great job. By the way, I teach 4th grade and I have mostly Black and Hispanic children.
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
If I was in that discussion and didn't understand, I have learned that you should ask about things first hand because your interpetation may be different from others. Maybe talking to the principal would have save this stress. |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: It sounds like the teacher has already talked to the principal and said that he was doing it all wrong. I think it is good for teachers to teach how they believe and if something goes wrong for them to be critique or discus it with the principal. I feel that if he talked from the principal right off the back there would have been no originality or excitement to the lesson since you would already know what the principal was wanting. |
| Rated On: March 1, 2015 2:39 pm |
| Rated By: NaHuVa |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
No
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| Comments: There's no need to get the principal involved; there are other resorts than getting the principal involved |
| Rated On: October 15, 2015 1:30 am |
| Rated By: bahete |
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