2. Culture in Society and in Education

3. Understanding Diversity

4. Multicultural Schools and Classrooms

5. Schools and Multicultural Education

6. Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform

7. The Multilingual Challenge

8. Building and Managing Positive Teacher-Student Relationships

9. Cultural issues in education, in society and in persons

10. Multicultural teaching and learning

11. Multilingual Classroom from Complexity to Pedagogy

12. Building a community of learners in diverse classrooms

 

However, learning styles can change over time. Students can adapt their own learning styles based on their academic performance and results as well as feedback from their teachers and even classmates or friends, which makes it challenging for teachers to accurately classify students according to learning styles. Consequently, teachers are more likely to stereotype students by classifying them by learning styles. If teachers hold stereotypical beliefs about students and their learning styles, it will be dangerous for both teachers and students. Stereotypes are overgeneralized beliefs, often unconscious, that people have about others. The problem with stereotypes is that they cause bias, which is an action based on the belief that a stereotype is true. Bias impacts our choices and behaviors without conscious knowledge. Therefore, teachers with stereotypical perceptions of students will easily make incorrect decisions and impact students’ academic success. Meanwhile, students can become less motivated to study hard because of their teachers’ bias in certain ways. 

In order to reduce the risks of stereotyping students, teachers are supposed to cautiously observe students’ performance in class, analyze students’ academic progress based on the assessment date, and reflect on their own teaching methods.