Bookmarks for Problem Solving in Education: a focus on culture & diversity by Chavis Lickvar-Armstrong https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k Links to resources that focus on culture, diversity, and the impact of culture and diversity on collaborative problem solving for students. en-us 2017-06-03 17:43:12 UTC 2024-04-01 20:16:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png Relating curriculum to culture key in educating English language learners with disabilities chavislickvararmstrong https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175075815 University of Kansas researchers have recently published a study arguing that culturally responsive teaching — or relating new ideas to the cultural and linguistic experiences students are familiar with — is vitally important, especially when working with English language learners with disabilities. This research aligns with the Friend & Cook's (2017) discussion about the impact that culture and diversity can have on group problem solving in Chapter 5. 
Specifically, this research states that teachers often struggle to relate classroom curriculum to the life experiences of their ELL students, even when they know this approach may be helpful. This may be a scenario where a group of teachers with different backgrounds can work together to solve this problem. ]]> 2017-06-03 17:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175075815 Bias Isn't Just a Police Problem, It's a Preschool Problem chavislickvararmstrong https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175076460 New research from the Yale Child Study Center suggests that many preschool teachers look for disruptive behavior in much the same way: in just one place, waiting for it to appear.

The problem with this strategy (besides it being inefficient), is that, because of implicit bias, teachers are spending too much time watching black boys and expecting the worst.

Here is another example of research (in addition to the research cited in Chapter 5 of Friend & Cook's 2017 text, Interactions) that shows the prevalence of implicit bias in the classroom. Friend & Cook state that individual teacher bias can greatly impact the efficacy of group problem solving. 

]]> 2017-06-03 18:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175076460 Cultural Competence and MTSS for Behavior chavislickvararmstrong https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175078320 According to this resource, MTSS will only be effective when implementation efforts are culturally sensitive to the unique characteristics of school team members, students, families, and community members. School teams that are not sensitive to theses cultural differences may experience more challenges in implementing MTSS for behavior.
Any professional in education can tell you that everyone has a very different perspective about problem behavior. For this reason, understanding patterns of office discipline referrals (ODRs) can be a great deal more complicated than it first appears. In fact, one of the most difficult processes in MTSS for behavior involves coming to consensus with faculty about what problem behaviors should be office-managed versus classroom-managed. ]]> 2017-06-03 19:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175078320 What counts as response and intervention in RTI?A sociocultural analysis chavislickvararmstrong https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175079250 Because equity issues for ethnic and linguistically diverse students are purportedly addressed in RTI models, researchers conducted a sociocultural analysis of its building blocks.  This paper discuss how the assumptions of RTI might unintentionally create blind spots for researchers and practitioners about how to design, conduct, and assess learning environments, particularly for diverse students.  ]]> 2017-06-03 19:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175079250 MTSS Approach To Problem Solving chavislickvararmstrong https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175079416 This visual provides a nice summary of the MTSS approach to solving student problems. This does not speak to culture or diversity (which is the focus of this padlet), but represents the broad topic of group problem solving and tiered support. ]]> 2017-06-03 19:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/chavislickvararmstrong/uqrv70cxm66k/wish/175079416