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optimal student learning. Teachers should strive to understand their students’ cultural background and socialization practices, building on this knowledge to differentiate instruction. Selection of culturally relevant children’s literature is a key component of culturally relevant teaching.
Jan 23, 2021 · Teachers should not merely select texts that feature people of the same racial or national background as their students and consider that choice as culturally informed. Yet, for many teachers, selecting culturally representative literature serves as an accessible entry point into culturally informed literacy instruction.
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In a diverse society, teachers must adopt a culturally relevant pedagogy that utilizes culturally responsive teaching practices, such as the incorporation of diverse children’s literature. In doing so, teachers build global perspectives and global citizenry in students as they see themselves in text, encounter alternative
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Studies have found that though teachers believe that literature should reflect diverse populations, some teachers do not use multicultural literature in their classroom often due to the lack of diversity of the school or classroom population (Tucker, 2014).
Drawing on the academic literature and our own ex-periences as teachers and literacy coaches, we pro-vide six tips that can help promote the effective use of culturally relevant texts. Tip 1: Examine Your Positionality As educators, we must first examine our own po-sitionality, or how our values, race, gender, social
When teachers read high quality culturally diverse books, children learn to identify various cultural heritages and respect the values of many minority groups. Teachers assist children to discover the
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Oct 14, 2019 · The findings show that culturally relevant books facilitate culturally responsive teaching in bilingual classrooms. Participants responded positively to children’s literature that was representative of their culture.
