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Culturally responsive teaching is a method for teachers to offer ethnic diversity in a classroom in order to encourage an awareness, appreciation, and open communication of other cultures and backgrounds from other students. This can allow students to learn more about their upbringings and celebrate those that aren’t as familiar to them, in order to have positive experiences in their community building, and gain more insight as to how their ethnic group has played a part in history, making every culture and student feel more inclusive.

Something I would like to know more about in my future classroom regarding culturally responsive teaching, would be how to handle students that are not ready to open up to learning about their culture or other cultures. And how to begin talking about different ethnicities.

- E.W.

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Culturally responsive teaching is an approach that includes and educates different cultures and ethnic groups. I would like to know how to be sensitive and aware of my use of language without stereotyping. I would like to discuss the importance of cultural and to be bring acceptance and confidence in the classroom.
IO

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Culturally responsive teaching is a teaching strategy that is very important for the modern classroom. This approach in teaching is to allow communication with students to learn and to be exposed to diverse cultures, which help the students to understand different perspectives. Implementing this strategy is very important for the curriculum where every culture should have a voice in education. In addition to implementing this, it can also help the students to feel appreciated and feel more inclusive to a lesson/subject/activity. I would like to know what resources are available for teachers as to how to and how not to teach cultural diversity in a classroom, as well as how to approach students when they feel singled out.
- Jonathan L.

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Culturally responsive teaching means being aware of any barriers students may have due to their religion/ culture,  and being able to adapt a teaching lesson to better fit all students. We've touched on examples in class with changing Thanksgiving break to Fall break. A discussion point I would want to learn more about is having more examples for different occasions.

CA

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Culturally responsive teaching is integrating multiple cultures into your classroom. This expands children’s understanding and acceptance of other cultures. This technique involves all the cultures in the classroom. The teacher can include elements from different cultures in all different lessons.

-EA

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Culturally responsive teaching is teaching strategy that plays a huge role involving communication and receiving  information. It acknowledges and responds to children's cultures fundamentally.
In my future classroom, I would like to discuss the importance of different cultures and learn new strategies to learn each one of my students' individual cultures. I would also like to make sure that my classroom is a safe environment for discussing cultural topics with my students.
- M.M.

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Culturally responsive teaching is when a teacher is aware of the different cultures in the classroom and makes changes to the curriculum to adapt to the different cultures. What I would like to know is how to find out more about their culture without making them uncomfortable. I know when I was little I felt uncomfortable when people would probe me about my culture. I want them to feel safe and comfortable about talking about their culture. How do I ask about their culture in a safe way?
-LW

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A culturally responsive teacher is an approach to that allows students to learn and recognize different cultures and ethnic groups. I'd like to know where do you begin to teach your students? There are a large quantity of different cultures. How do I get the best information possible to share with my students?

JV

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Culturally responsive teaching is recognizes the importance of students' cultural references in all aspects of learning. Pertaining to this topic, I'd like to know the best way to be informed about each culture because there are so many.

J. Ferrer

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A culturally responsive teacher is one who approaches all cultures and ethnic communities in the classroom, plus others. It means to learn and for the class to be aware of their classmates background, for example getting to know your students by having activities that involve them writing or drawing their families and favorite holiday or etc. I would like to know  some techniques and guidelines on how and what to do to become a culturally responsive teacher in the futures. Also a way to become one without making the students feel singled out if they are he only one of that culture and or how not to single out certain students during cultural activities.
-L. Vazquez

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Culturally responsive teaching is a technique essential to any classroom. It is the ability to create a lesson or class environment that bases off on different cultures. It is an ability that every educator should be required to learn in order to know your classroom and not leave students. Also it is the ability to communicate and identify with your students and their culture. I would like to know more techniques that will help avoid different problems that come up with in the students, such as racial or religious discrimination. Also I would like to know more on how to have students be more involved in multicultural education.
DO

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A culturally responsive teacher is a teacher that responds to all the cultures that are in a classroom and tries to have an all culture inclusive classroom. I would like to know how a teacher would include as many cultures as possible without making a student feel like they are being singled out if they are the only person from one culture?
VV

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Culturally responsive teaching is an approach to the classroom that allows students to explore and become knowledgeable in the cultural and ethnic communities that surround them. This approach is used to encourage students to be engaged in their learning because the subject matter is geared towards their diverse backgrounds and cultures. This exposure allows students to grow into confident, competent, and capable independent learners who are culturally responsive to their environment. For an educator to incorporate this into their classroom is important because it allows for them to emerge themselves in the community they are working with and be inclusive in their subject matter. While doing this allows an educator to getting to know their students to allows let’s them asses their own behavior and cultural mindset that will influence how they choose to present information to their students. This student focused approach gives educators a chance to encourage academic achievements and see their unique strengths that get highlighted with this modification to instruction.

As a future educator I would like to learn strategies that allow me to explore my classroom diversity in a way that shows students that my class is a judgement free zone that allows a comfortable curiosity to flourish  and for discussions to arise that allows for myself and my students to be explorers in our cultures. I would hope that incorporating this approach gives my students the chance to understand and overcome their own preconceived notions about themselves and their ability to thrive in their educational journey.
A.Fuentes

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Culturally responsive teaching is a teaching strategy that emphasizes the importance of including students' cultural backgrounds in all aspects of learning. This strategy makes it possible for all students to receive equitable access to education. This is extremely important because multiple research findings point to the idea that students perform exponentially better when they are represented for in their classroom.  It is our job to not only recognize culturally responsive teaching for what it is, but also actively implement it into our classrooms.
With that being said, one topic I'd like to discuss is how do we come up with ways to be culturally responsive in our future classrooms? I've been introduced to quite a few ideas, but I'm very interested on the concept of constantly updating and upgrading the way we teach our class. Given the state of our society today, I know this is extremely prevalent and I want to make sure I'm handling it appropriately.
-K. Bailey

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Culturally responsive teaching involved teaching, communicating with, and understanding students through a multicultural lens. It means being cognizant of different cultures and habits, and it allows students to be seen and feel valued. Educators who are culturally responsive welcome differences among their students’ lives. They also understand that these qualities are what contribute to a unique learning experience for every child. These qualities include, but are not limited to, beliefs, race, sexual orientation, home life, religion, etcetera.

For the success of my future classroom, I know that the first step to becoming culturally responsive is really getting to know my students personally. However, I would like to know what kinds of curricula / activities are best suited for my students to get to know and accept each other.

HH

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Culturally responsive teaching is a very important teaching strategy. It acknowledges the fact that in the classroom, it is critical to incorporate each student's background and culture into all learning aspects. Teachers must recognize that each child is different, and it is important to include those differences of backgrounds into the curriculum. I think it is great for each child to learn about different cultures other than there's as well. I would like to know more about how I can implement this teaching strategy effectively in my future classroom.

SF

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Culturally responsive teaching is important for us as teachers and for our students. First and foremost it's a learning experience for everyone when we are all being exposed to different cultures. It's important to expose our students at a young age when they are free of judgement or when their judgement can be easily influenced. We must teach our students to respect everyone's culture within the classroom and outside the classroom. A way we can do this is by teaching our students about different cultures. This also allows for students in that particular culture to feel welcomed and special. Even then that student can go up and share something they do that is specifically related to their culture. Parents can also be involved where they are speaking in their native language and they can even teach a phrase to the class. Being culturally responsive is a way to create a community within your classroom as it's not excluding anyone out. It brings comfort to those who are nervous about sharing their culture customs with everyone, but if we are culturally responsive in out classrooms there would be no need to feel that way.

BC

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From recent students conducted to illustrate what is happening with the achievement gap with students and their learning, it has been determined that a major problem for this is the amount of cultural and language differences between students in the classroom. Culturally responsive teaching is a solution to this problem and is trying to be used as a central teaching bases for all classrooms. It has been proven that using culturally responsive teaching helps meeting the intellectual needs of all the students in the classroom allowing for equal learning opportunities and achievements.  I believe this is similar to bilingual education but on a broader scope. My sister is a bilingual educator and has been for 20 years and I know two languages is hard enough. Though this is not the same, having different cultures in a classroom and meeting their individual needs is a tricky task. How would a teacher incorporate these practices into the classroom? Maybe a question and answer to know where they are from to start off with? Including all the different cultures in different lesson plans? What are the best ways to do this?

ARS

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Culturally responsive teaching is when different cultures are not only included, but celebrated in the learning environment. It recognizes that there are many backgrounds that students come from, and promotes inclusivity in the classroom. I would love to know how to incorporate this style of teaching in my classroom from day one, so that it becomes a norm for my students. I would also like to see examples and resources so that I may refer back to them when I am teaching.
-L. Flores

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Culturally responsive teaching is a very important teaching strategy that recognizing students' culture and includes cultural references into their learning.  This teaching strategy includes being aware of each students' cultural background and understanding that each students' cultural background may be different but they are all just as important.  I know how important it is to implement culturally responsive teaching but I also think it is very important to make sure every culture is included.  I would like to know how I could integrate every culture into my future classroom so that no one culture is left out.
K.J.

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Culturally responsive teaching is truly one of the most important things that should be done throughout all classrooms. Teachers should be learning about and incorporating cultures of various kinds within their classroom and teaching aside from their own. In doing so this will have a major positive effect on their students and classroom environment. It is important to allow students to know that who they are is valued and important and if the teacher can be culturally responsive in a classroom of young growing minds that will help these students grow to be proud of who they are. As of right now I have been able to see different ways in which teachers are culturally responsive but I would like to know if there is anything that can be done aside from just focusing on a day, such as Martin Luther King Jr. day, and only teaching my future students a small aspect of a larger community.

D.C.

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Culturally responsive teaching is a teaching strategy and practice that validates the different cultures and backgrounds of your students  and makes others aware of, appreciate, and be respectful of the differences within the classroom, but also society as a whole. Culturally responsive teaching also incorporates the different students background within the lessons so they feel accepted and no one is excluded. During this topic in music 343 I would like to learn strategies of incorporating students culture in the classroom as well as any possible activity ideas that I could do in my future classroom.

TC

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Culturally responsive teaching is a teaching strategy that makes sure all students cultures are included and represented in learning. It is important to know that not all students grow up the same and all students will have different backgrounds. It is important to be aware of the different cultures within my future classroom to make sure that no one is excluded or feel isolated. Something that I would like to learn about pertaining to this topic is how I can integrate all cultures in my classroom in an appropriate way to make all my students feel appreciated and respected. I would also like to know how to respond to another student who has issues with the integration of different cultures together.

-JL

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Culturally responsive teaching can (and should) take many forms – from recognizing the differences between and within various cultures to actively learning about cultures and communities other than one’s own. In the classroom, cultural responsiveness is a critical part of ensuring that all students not only feel accepted and successful, but truly are. Cultural responsiveness requires teachers to recognize the diversity within their schools and classrooms, and that no matter how predominant the “majority” culture or values, there are always others represented within the student body. Too often, the dominant culture is assumed to be the “norm” and is reflected in the curriculum, standards, and rules, serving as a disincentive and de-motivator for students who have a different culture or values. A culturally responsive teacher will share information and utilize curriculum that is inclusive, featuring the stories, viewpoints, contributions, and important figures from a variety of backgrounds. That, in turn, will help to engage students from diverse cultures and broaden the perspective of those from the “dominant” culture. A culturally responsive teacher will also go beyond the textbook to help students make connections between their experiences – and those of their families – and the material being covered in class.

In my future classroom, I hope to be able to use a variety of strategies and approaches to meet the needs of all of my students and have them feel respected and empowered. I recognize that one of the most important things I can do as a teacher is to help my students recognize and appreciate their own culture and to respect and honor the diversity of cultures around the world – and in our own country. I hope to be able to learn ways to weave that all-important lesson throughout the curriculum and my classroom activities.                           - EH

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Culturally responsive teaching is the importance of students cultural in their learning. This is important for all teachers to acknowledge all cultural for their students. The teacher may include the student's cultural by implementing an activity or learning about the cultural. The teachers should be aware when discussing the cultures by making all students feel comfortable and being respectful to all cultures. The teacher adding cultural in the students learning can make the students feel equal and appreciated in the classrooms. I would love to learn of how I can implement cultural in my classroom in a respectful manner. I would also like to know how can a teacher implement a cultural into the curriculum the students are learning. I believe culturally responsive teaching is positive for all teachers to implement in the classroom. I hope to learn more about this topic and how I can approach using cultural in my future classroom.

-EN

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Culturally responsive teaching is very important, especially with students of a younger age. Not everyone grows up the same and students are going to have different religions, families, traditions, beliefs, and overall cultures. It is important to be aware of the different cultures in the classroom and to be aware to not exclude any student in a discussion. Especially with popular holidays such as Christmas and Easter, it is important to remember that not all school districts are lenient with students missing school to celebrate their appropriate holidays. I think it is important for teachers to be respectful and assist their students in those scenarios. At the start of each school year, I want my students and their families to fill out a paper explaining their culture or beliefs so that I am aware of the variety of cultures in the classroom. I am curious about how I should approach the popular holidays in the classroom. I know to not only teach/talk about one culture but would it be appropriate to talk about a few holidays such as Christmas or Hanukkah as long as I recognize and mention that not everyone celebrates the same holiday and it is important to respect the difference in beliefs. I would hate to not mention any holidays at all. Overall I want to teach my students about the variety of cultures we have in our classroom as well as teach them to be respectful of others and their cultures.
-MH

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Culturally responsive teaching is when a teacher is fully aware of her students cultures in the class, and incorporates each student's culture at all times of their learning.  The teachers that use this are consciously aware of all cultures in the class, and include these cultures in their lessons so that all children will learn more about their cultures, as well as they will feel included, equal, and appreciated in their class. I would like to know how to input this teaching strategy effectively so that I can use it in my future classroom.  I would like to learn some ways of using it, and assessment ways to make sure that my teaching is effective with each student in my class.
-JB

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Culturally responsive teaching is a teaching strategy that includes students' cultural references in all aspects of learning. To teach with this technique, it is required that the teacher has full understanding of his/her students' cultures. By teaching with this technique, the teacher will be delivering lessons that appeal to students with diverse backgrounds. I feel that culturally responsive teaching is a very important component within the classroom because it creates a positive classroom environment that promotes diversity. Within my own future classroom, I hope that I will be able to teach with a culturally responsive mindset. To do this, I can possibly include activities that allow my students to share their own thoughts, giving my students the opportunities to learn from each other by having them work in groups, or by referencing different cultures and ideas within my teaching to integrate world ideas.

- MB

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Culturally responsive teaching is when a teacher is fully aware of all the cultures represented in their classroom. With this information they consciously remember to incorporate each culture into a lesson, so that all students are treated equally. Doing this also allows the students to find the material relatable, therefore enhancing their learning experience. The information will then become more memorable. One thing I would like to know about this topic is how to incorporate cultures in unique ways. Rather than the ways one might expect to teach about a culture, I want to know about more out-of-the-box activities.
-Becky Chertow

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Culturally responsive teaching is the idea of incorporating a student's own culture references into all of their aspects of learning. I understand the concept of culturally responsive teaching, however I do have a question about it. How would I be able to incorporate a student's own culture into their learning? Almost all of my future students will have different cultural references that pertain to their learning, so how could I include more culturally responsive teaching without feeling like I would be excluding other student's cultural references? However, if incorporated correctly, I feel that my students and I would both benefit with more efficient teaching and learning.
AE