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Fostering a Multicultural Classroom Environment

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Fostering a Multicultural Classroom Environment

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Creating a space within the classroom that integrates diverse cultural materials such as a library, can allow students to expand their cultural awareness and gain knowledge about traditions or events that are celebrated in cultures.

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Incorporating students’ artwork or cultural posters and images can help represent and celebrate cultural differences.

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Before discussions, clear expectations and rules can be established to ensure respect throughout interactions. As students participate in activities and discussions, this will help create a safe and respectful environment that values everyone’s diversity.

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Allowing students to express and share their perspectives, opinions, and experiences helps create a respectful and inclusive environment. Pronouncing students names correctly and avoiding any language that excludes students can enhance a multicultural inclusive environment.

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Using real-life examples that express students’ cultural backgrounds can help build a stronger connection to the content that is being taught. This encourages students to participate and express their perspectives as they see a connection between their experiences and their learning.

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Students’ cultural backgrounds can be reflected in diverse materials such as in stories or art to help learning be more relevant and build on their experiences.

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Diverse learning styles play a vital role in students’ academics. Identifying students’ learning styles will help meet the diverse needs of learners by modifying lesson plans and tailoring activities/projects that will help them thrive academically. Students can be given the opportunity of choosing how they want to demonstrate their understanding.

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Information and materials can be offered in diverse means of representations such as in pictures, audio, videos, storytelling, and roleplaying. By being flexible and providing students with choices in different ways that they can learn and retain information it will ensure that their learning needs are met.

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Inviting parents, families, and the community to workshops that offer them to learn and gain understanding of diverse cultures, such as through food, allows them to enhance cultural exchange. During these workshops families and the community not only can share traditional food but as well learn how to make traditional dishes and appreciate diverse cultures.

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A research project can be offered to families and the community to provide them with the opportunity to be part of the educational process. This project will involve researching different traditional dances that can be presented and it allows parents to actively participate in school activities.

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One strategy that can be utilized to enhance cultural exchange is by creating a community garden. A community garden is a great way for families, students, and the community to collaborate with each other as they grow diverse foods. Planting different vegetables and fruits can help everyone learn from each other’s garden traditions and practices.

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Inviting parents, families, and the community to cultural nights hosted once a month provides a deeper understanding and cultural awareness of cultures within the school community. During cultural nights, individuals can share traditional food, art, music, and artifacts to as well enhance cultural exchange and celebrate diversity.

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A few ways to incorporate multicultural perspectives in the curriculum that is being taught are through online resources, videos, stories, and activities that promote diverse cultural perspectives.

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Utilizing novels, stories, or poems from authors with diverse cultural backgrounds (such as Indigenous, African American, and Chinese culture) can help transmit different beliefs, values, and perspectives. Literature helps preserve and gain insight to cultural context written by individuals with diverse life-experiences.

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Examining case studies can help students gain insight of different aspects of individuals’ lives such as in social structures. Social structures that are practiced in diverse cultures reflect different values and beliefs. Family structures from Western cultures versus East Asian cultures can show how they value independence or interdependence.

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Incorporating historical events during teaching can show multicultural perspectives. For instance, in World War l, experiences from Germans, Italians, and Japanese can be analyzed to gain insight on the social changes that were experienced.