EDT 190 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Bilingual Education Act, Cultural Diversity, Personal Development
1 Apr 2016
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Culture: knowledge, attitudes, values, customs and behaviors patterns that characterize social groups. Cultural diversity: different cultures you"ll encounter in classrooms and how this influences learning. Resistant cultures: peer values either don"t support school learning or actually oppose it. Assimilation: process of socializing people so that they adopt dominant social norms and patterns of behavior. Multicultural education: describes strategies for schools to use to accommodate cultural differences in teaching and learning. Culturally responsive teaching: instruction that acknowledges and capitalizes cultural diversity. Some students aren"t comfortable in q&a formats, so use more open ended questions. Bilingual education act: provided federal funds for educating nonnative english speakers. Bilingual maintenance programs: emphasis on sustaining first language, while learning. Females generally more extroverted, anxious and trusting. Gender bias: when larger society limits the growth of male or female in specific areas. Uneven picture of strengths and weaknesses of each gender.
