Knowing and Valuing and Shaping One's Culture ( Brown)
Culture Puzzles help people understand how they came to be who they are. They raise self-awareness, increases cross-cultural communication, improve authentic cross-cultural knowledge, and building a cohesive classs community.
Building Relationships
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Independent and Dependent Learners
Having positive and high expectations for the students (Vitto, Chp1).
Building relationships helps teachers develop social skills in their students.
Putting the SocioCultural Frame into Practice
Engage students in paired and small-group work
Connect Curriculum with Students' lives to create a context-rich learning environment.
Building Strong Relationships with Students
Theories
Scaffolding
Constructivism
Zone of Proximal Development
Multiculturalism
Culture
Culture is not just a static but also a dynamic.
"Misunderstandings about the role of culture in behavior, communication, and learning often lead to assumptions about the abilities of children to be successful in school." ( Zion and Kozleski)
Transformed Classrooms: Description, Principles, and Criteria The Five Effective Standard Pedagogy (Tharp)
The 6 Standards for Effective Pedagogy: A.Teemant
1. Joint Productive Activity: Teacher and Students Producing Together
2. Language and Literacy Development: Developing Language and literacy across the Curriculum.
3. Contextualization: Making Meaning: Connecting School to students' lives.
