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We have to evaluate what is relevant, and scaffold those elements so students can understand and/or adapt as appropriate

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We have to meet them where they are...  and scaffold students to get to where we want them to go.

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We have to meet them where they are...  and scaffold students to get to where we want them to go.

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We must be more explicit about telling students why the skills we teach matter (and HOW they can be applied in the "real world")

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We must be more explicit about telling students why the skills we teach matter (and HOW they can be applied in the "real world")

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Honor the differences and seek a way to bridge the gap

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Honor the differences and seek a way to bridge the gap

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We can't, but we can have meaningful conversations with  diverse perspectives.

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We can't, but we can have meaningful conversations with  diverse perspectives.

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Acknowledge the value of the perspective of other

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Acknowledge the value of the perspective of other

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go up a level to core values (rather than actions to achieve them) so that we can find more cross-cultural  common ground.

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go up a level to core values (rather than actions to achieve them) so that we can find more cross-cultural  common ground.

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Example:  "We may not agree that reading is a good use of  your time, but we both agree that having tools for success (however you define it) is worth your time.

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I don't think it's as important for us to align culture but rather the respect for culture. (I have no idea if that makes sense because I'm tired--but yeah--go with it!)

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Recognizing the value of student's experiences and encourage them to share them in the classroom

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Recognizing the value of student's experiences and encourage them to share them in the classroom

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We need the baseline knowledge and skills (and emotional maturity) to acknowledge our own biases and observe when we are seeing problems, and when we are merely seeing misunderstandings or cultural mismatches.

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We really just co-exist, right? Alignment may not be the goal. One might add value to the other.

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It's about understanding and respecting, rather than aligning...

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It's about understanding and respecting, rather than aligning...

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Understand and try to remember when/if students frustrate us

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Understand and try to remember when/if students frustrate us

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Share cultural norms as a group during lessons and detect similarities/differences to seek understanding and appreciation

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Share cultural norms as a group during lessons and detect similarities/differences to seek understanding and appreciation

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Incorporate student life into the classroom and instruction.

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Incorporate student life into the classroom and instruction.

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There is an element of "code switching" wherein we are not critiquing a student's individual culture - but building an awareness of what the expectations are for interactions and production in the larger American society.

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There is an element of "code switching" wherein we are not critiquing a student's individual culture - but building an awareness of what the expectations are for interactions and production in the larger American society.

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If we demand respects of our "tenets" we have to be willing to offer respect and patience.

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We have to be aware of our own values, then acknowledge that they are not THE values. We've been taught to think and believe so, but if we are in the dominant culture, the challenge is to see the equivalent value in others' values.

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We have to be aware of our own values, then acknowledge that they are not THE values. We've been taught to think and believe so, but if we are in the dominant culture, the challenge is to see the equivalent value in others' values.

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Cultural Thunderdome: TWO VALUES ENTER. ONE VALUE LEAVES.

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align (verb) - come together in agreement or alliance

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align (verb) - come together in agreement or alliance

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So we have to acknowledge different values but understand that, on the whole, both sides (the "teacher" and the "student") have good intentions.

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Recognizing that 'align' does not always mean 'adapt' or 'adopt,' so we can work towards understanding without requiring assimilation to be successful.

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Recognizing that 'align' does not always mean 'adapt' or 'adopt,' so we can work towards understanding without requiring assimilation to be successful.

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When it comes to the culture of disability, as well as race/ethnicity, we should make sure our classes and classrooms are an inclusive, empathetic space 

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When it comes to the culture of disability, as well as race/ethnicity, we should make sure our classes and classrooms are an inclusive, empathetic space 

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Allow students the space/time/? to figure out the way our content can serve them in particular.

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Allow students the space/time/? to figure out the way our content can serve them in particular.

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We need to remember that "people are people, and why should it be that get along so awfully."

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Create an environment of openness and honesty

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Learn more about their culture and try to make use of it in class.

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Learn more about their culture and try to make use of it in class.