Introduction
There is a growing pattern of ethnic and racial diversity registered in learning institutions across North American region. Culture plays a crucial role in education, not only by influencing instructor-leaner communication process, but also by shaping the thinking processes of learners. Ethnic and Racial Diversity In Learning Institutions There is a growing need for a pedagogy that acknowledges, upholds, and responds to the fundamentals of each culture and in return offers equitable access to learning instruments for all learners. A diverse body of literature registers that a culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) model prioritizes instruction efforts to ensuring that the cultural references of all students are integrated into the teaching process (Roessingh, 2020). This review recommends a workable implementation framework to culturally responsive instruction and evaluates how it provides equal opportunity for culturally diverse students and promotes economic goals of K-12 education.
Integrating CRP into teaching practice
A cultural gap between students and their instructors can intrigue a poor self-concept and discipline barriers, which ultimately lead to unsatisfactory academic outcomes. Culturally responsive teaching acknowledges the important space that traditional teaching methods occupy in learning, but strives to borrow materials relevant to various cultures in a way that draws students to content through their past experiences (Hutchison & McAlister-Shields, 2020)Ethnic and Racial Diversity In Learning Institutions. Instructors can implement CRP by strategically integrating cultural knowledge, past experiences, and frames of references into the instruction process. Teachers should also delve into a deeper understanding of the student’s most favored learning styles to establish a learning process that both relevant and effective.
One of the approaches for implementing CRP is to remain cognizant, and to accommodate the cultural similarities and differences between students. Instructors should acknowledge and view the student’s individual and cultural differences positively. By positively identifying such cultural similarities and differences, instructors ultimately establish an enabling environment that favors productive communication processes (Hutchison & McAlister-Shields, 2020). Also, teachers can leverage the newly created communication skills to enhance ad reinforce social skills. Lawrence (2020) posits that teachers can encaurage social inetrraction by correlating classroom teaching to the indiviual and cultural norms of students and issuing assignments that require students to collaborate and interract in groups.This will ensure that students uphold high-level acknowledgment, sensitivity, and respect for other students’ cultures.
Another important practice that speeds up the process of integrating CRP to instruction practice is by learning to remain sensitive to the individual and cultural acclimation of students from various cultural backgrounds. Ethnic and Racial Diversity In Learning Institutions Hetty Roessingh (2020) argues that students from minority communities such as immigrants may possess family and community cultures that are subject to constant adaptations due to the day-to-day transition between school and home. Roessingh (2020) suggests that teachers should acknowledge the mental transition experienced by such students may expose them to learning difficulties, particularly when a new week begins. In such situations, teachers should assess and adjust to diverse learning rates of students, for instance, by readjusting their wait time following questions.
Hutchison & McAlister-Shields (2020) acknowledges the importance of parental participation towards the successful implementation of CRP. While integrating CRP to ongoing teaching practice, teachers should have a fair background knowledge of students’ parents and family, and understand how they interact with their children. Instructors should also assists parents, especially those from minority backgrounds, to develop and understanding of the educational system of the host country. Without so doing, minority parents may fail to acknowledge their roles in negotiating the systems in favor of their children. Establishing one-on-one conversations with such parents, or leveraging digital communication platforms. These practices can contribute significantly to integrating CRP to teaching practice and fulfilling the varied learning needs of the increasingly multicultural learning environments.
The importance of diversifying pedagogy to reach different cultures
The gradually changing demographic landscape in North American countries, particularly the United States and Canada has led to the rise of cultural diversity in the classroom. In the United States, for in
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