UNITY IN DIVERSITY by Jose Chavez

Using Real-World Math Problems

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-02 19:24:32 UTC

Using real world math problems based on the economic and demographic data from diverse regions. Seeing the different data from all over the world will make you learn about that region and get more knowledge.

Learn about the greatest mathematicians around the world and see how they impacted math in the world.

Critical Thinking

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-02 19:27:42 UTC

Asking students to see how cultural bias and historical context can shape narratives in books, media, and society.

James Banks Multicultural Education

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-02 20:12:32 UTC

"James Banks defines multicultural education as "an education reform movement designed to restructure schools ...so that students from all social class, racial, cultural, and gender groups will have an equal opportunity to learn" (Banks, 1994, p. 10)" James has a four level model that helps describe how to integrate curriculum with multicultural education.

Multicultural Literature

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-03 21:33:34 UTC

A classic 1965 Saturday Review article by Nancy Larrick entitled, "The All-white World of Children's Books" (cited in Norton, 1995, p. 562) showed that few children's books featured minority children without being filled with stereotypes. (Perry-Sheldon, 2025)

Building Relationships

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-03 23:34:35 UTC

Building relationships with students helps you as a teacher to allow them to open to you. Building relationships with your students comes with getting to know more about them such as their background, their learning styles, and interests.

Affirmation

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-03 23:39:31 UTC

In order for multicultural education and cultural response teaching to work, we have to affirm everyone culture. We need to accept who the are, and everyone in the classroom must also accept everyone's culture.

Positive & Inclusive Climate

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-03 23:55:22 UTC

One strategy a teacher can use to adapt to cultural teaching is by displaying books and different material that reflect with diversity of the students in the classroom.

Differentiate Instruction

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-03 23:58:20 UTC

Second strategy is to have different instructional methods to accommodate the different learning styles that the students have. You can group students by the interests that have in common or by their readiness.

Flexible Seating

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-04 01:33:33 UTC

Have the students desk be arranged to where they are allowed to collaborate with each other. Making the students collaborate allows them to learn about each others culture and explore each others learning styles.

Classroom Rules

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-04 01:36:10 UTC

Involving the students while making classroom rules allows the students to have a voice. It allows every student to give an input on how they want the classroom to be like which involves each culture.

Holidays/Traditions

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-04 01:43:07 UTC

In the beginning of the school year, ask each student what holidays and traditions they celebrate in their culture. Once you gather the information, try to celebrate the different holidays the students have and see if you can incorporate traditions into your lesson plans.

Cultural Space

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-04 01:50:53 UTC

A cultural space is where you designate an area in your classroom that allows the students to bring something that represents their culture. It helps students feel like where they came from is appreciated and have a sense of home in the classroom.

Field Trips

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-04 01:58:49 UTC

Organize field trips to different areas that involve the cultures that are in the classroom. Have the students families join so they can explain more about their culture on the field trip. Allows the students and their families to know about other cultures.

Family Night

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-04 02:00:53 UTC

At the beginning of the school year, set up a night that you can invite the students families to the school to let everyone interact each other. Allow the students and their families to introduce themselves to everyone. For instances, at our school we have a night which is called "Meet the Rockets". The students introduce themselves to the whole school and the parents interact with everyone that is there.

Family Food Night

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-04 02:04:31 UTC

Organize a potluck where each family brings in a dish that is from their culture and share it with the whole class.

Leadership Meetings

jchavezgcu — 2025-08-04 02:06:38 UTC

Have the parents from different cultures meet on a regular bases to let them voice any concerns or ideas they may have. It allows everyone parent to see what other parents think that have a different background from them.