Critical Dialogue Discussion by https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7 EDIT 614 en-us 2019-05-13 21:13:05 UTC 2019-12-06 15:02:41 UTC hello@padlet.com According to Freire, “Cultural conquest leads to the cultural inauthenticity of those who are invaded; they begin to respond to the values, the standards, and the goals of the invaders. In their passion to dominate, to mold others to their patterns and their way of life, the invaders desire to know how those they have invaded apprehend reality—but only so they can dominate the latter more effectively.” (pg. 153) DeannaVadala https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/404702986 2019-10-30 19:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/404702986 Throughout history there have been numerous instances of cultural invasion, and many beautiful aspects of people’s cultures have been lost or kept away from the world. This is a tragedy in and of itself because in other instances, the blending of multiple cultures has lead to wonderful outcomes. As educators who have a large population of students from many different places, the classroom can be a beautiful place where cultural differences can be celebrated. Although this mix of cultures is not exactly the same as the cultural invasion Freire mentions, we can use this quote to understand the impact that multiculturalism, or lack thereof, can have on the world. DeannaVadala https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/404703180 2019-10-30 19:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/404703180 Question: How do you celebrate the variety of cultures in your classroom? How do you encourage students to bring their personal and cultural connections into the classroom? DeannaVadala https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/404703372 2019-10-30 19:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/404703372 Week 9 acoamey https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/409458812 Deanna, I love how you said, "As educators who have a large population of students from many different places, the classroom can be a beautiful place where cultural differences can be celebrated."  I whole heartedly agree with this statement.  One of my personal goals is to get better at acknowledging and celebrating the different cultures in my classroom.  As a high school math teacher, one way I currently do so is by incorporating different areas of the world and cultures into word problems.  I recognize that this is not enough and that celebrating and encouraging students to bring their personal and cultural connections into the classroom should be ongoing.  It truly can be so valuable for all students.  As I said, this is one of my personal goals that I hope to work on.]]> 2019-11-11 14:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/409458812 Week 9 epalma01 https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/410069674 Deanna,  I think I agree with what you mention and I quote"  Throughout history there have been numerous instances of cultural invasion, and many beautiful aspects of people's cultures have been lost or kept away from the world. This is a tragedy in itself because, in other instances, the blending of multiple cultures has led to wonderful outcomes..."  There's a short write up I read that says, "Multicultural education makes a better classroom."  As a science teacher, promoting peace and teaching students acceptance of their peers from diverse backgrounds in class is one way to encourage students to bring cultural connections into the classroom. A teacher-modeled behavior of interaction among students, teaching skills and attitudes to function around individuals of different cultural backgrounds. Also, learning their languages is a way to celebrate a variety of cultures in the classroom.]]> 2019-11-12 16:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/410069674 Week 9 https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/412977195 In my Design and Draw for Production classes, students work on numerous projects that have the ability to showcase themselves.  A project that was just completed last week was a laser engraved wooden sign.  I encourage the students to create a sign that brings to light their personal and cultural connections.  Many students will design a sign with their family name, country of origin, or a phrase in their native language.  In many cases, the students look forward to taking the sign home and gifting it to a parent, grandparent, or relative.  At the conclusion of the project, students will display their signs and give a brief description of why they chose to design the sign the way they did.  Myself as well as fellow students learn a lot about the students in class and each of their individual backgrounds.


]]> 2019-11-18 19:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/412977195 Week 9 https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/420775322 Vanessa Marsilio:
I absolutely believe that we should be introducing and implementing multicultural educational programs in all of our classes. I celebrate the variety of cultures in my classroom (gymnasium) by doing a multicultural games unit where I incorporate multicultural games from all over the world in my lessons. I took a Multicultural games unit in college and I have a binder filled with incredible, fun, and intriguing games from places all over the globe. I put up flags of the different countries each day to represent what country will be represented that day. Then, to encourage the students to bring their personality and cultural connections into the classroom, they get to incorporate some games from their cultures. And at the end we talk about what activities we liked and why we liked them and why it is important to learn about other cultures and traditions from other cultures.]]> 2019-12-06 15:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/DeannaVadala/l69jfnosdyu7/wish/420775322