Culture vs. Race | Origin: ED137
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Cultural Diversity: Including Every Student --> Culture vs. Race
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It is important to recognize the culture of all students in your classes.
Be aware that all classes have diversity in different contexts and establish teaching plans according to this principle. We cannot assume that because all students have the same goal, we can treat them all the same. As educators we must engage in an inter and not across way. Having knowledge of each student in relation to their culture, race, gender, religion, is crucial to include each individual in the learning process.
Embrace all cultures, do some homework if culture/race is new to you, teach everyone as equal. With international students, try your best to help those with difficulties as you will do with others. May require a little effort on your part to understand dialect, accent, tone, and way of learning.
El concepto de raza es incluso obsoleto. Se tiene que tener presente la cultura diversa y distinta.
It's important to know your audience! That means know the students that you are teaching. This is necessary in order to build the curriculum that is engaging and effective.
Culture is customs, arts, social institutions but race is person's physical charistics
Culture is art beliefs, language but race is based on shared physical qualities.
Way of living for a person: include such things as beliefs, arts, etc
Overall its important to recognize what makes everyone special and unique. Enhance and include this qualities without bias. Culture, race and other differences are what makes the world beautiful. Get to know your students as people and individuals and embrace their differences. Emerge youself in educational courses that teaches how to support, differentiate and understand different cultures, race, and all things that make us unique. Don't be color-blind be educated and open and realistic and caring.
Reply to Marvin Smith's post:Everyone is different and as an instructor I must appreciate the differecnces
It is crucial for educators to preview their curriculum looking for stereotypes and biases. When problematic elements are found in curriculum, they can be used as teachable moments to point out the bias or stereotype to students. This is one way that outdated curriculum can be adapted for today's classrooms. It is also important that teachers prepare for panels and guest speakers by communicating expectations for inclusive language for those who might not be accustomed to talking in front of a diverse group of students.
culture is important in learning
Being willing to recognize the adversities students of different cultural and racial backgrounds but not treat them differently is imperative to an inclusive classroom environment.
It is important that we not focus on solely a student's race, but them as a whole.
Our main achievemnet as instructors, is for all students regardless of backgound, to feel inclusive and capable of learning according to their needs in a safe and espectfull enviorment.
It is very important to treat people as humans and not by their cultural or means of streotyping.
I appreciate the strategies given or inclusivity. Again, it is important not to make assumptions but to get to know students as individuals. Pre-screening materials for bias or any content that could cause harm is a good practice.
Because our culinary school is a destination school located on either coast, the student population is very diverse. My current class mix includes a white male from Georgia, a female African American from Brooklyn, an Asian male from Seattle, and female students from Australia and Japan. It is one of the most culturally, ethnically, and socially complex groups I have ever had in 15 years of teaching. All of this material applies completely and totally to my current class situation.
Being inclusive and recognizing multicultural realities is not a one-time task, but requires ongoing learning and modification on your part, as an instructor
