Research Discussion
Read the articles “10 Effective DAP Teaching Strategies.” and “Culturally Responsive Classroom Strategies.” In addition, view the Culture in the Classroom. website and the Lisa Delpit Interview article
After reviewing the required resources, identify and discuss three challenges involved with ensuring that teaching strategies are appropriate for culturally diverse children. Then, discuss these cultural challenges in the classroom using one sociological perspective (i.e., functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, etc.) and another relevant perspective, such as Piaget’s preoperational stage of development. Finally, identify and discuss how the challenges related to differences in culture may be addressed by a teacher in a way that increases the child’s cognitive advancement and academic success.
You must use at least three scholarly sources other than the textbook and required resources for this assignment. The paper must include a summary of each of the challenges identified and each of the remedies to those challenges. In addition, you must include an explanation of the cultural challenges in the classroom using one of the sociological perspectives and Piaget’s theory of the preoperational stage of cognitive development.
Criteria:
Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length, not including title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook and required resources.
Must include, on the final page, a reference list that is formatted according to APA style.
Must be well organized and reflect college-level writing.
Resources
National Association for the Education of Young Children. (n.d). 10 effective DAP teaching strategies. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/dap/10-effective-dap-teaching-strategies
New York University Steinhardt School. (2008). Culturally responsive classroom strategies. Retrieved from http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/005/121/Culturally%20Responsive%20Classroom%20Mgmt%20Strat2.pdf
Culture in the Classroom (http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/culture-classroom)
the Lisa Delpit Interview article Retrieved from https://www.thenation.com/article/interview-lisa-delpit-educating-other-peoples-children/
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Challenges encountered in teaching strategies for culturally diverse children are how to overcome stereotypes, having a culturally relevant curriculum and honoring homegrown languages.
1- Overcoming stereotypes. Teachers have to involve their students in the learning process. For them to efficiently achieve that they must distinguish their students together with their academic capabilities independently, instead of relying on ethnic or cultural stereotypes or even their encounter with past students of the same backgrounds.
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