- Phuong's Reflections
- Teachers as Changing Agents
- Moral Education
- Sand, Brink and Seeds
- Education for Citizenship
- The principles and practice of teaching and class management
- Second Thoughts about Democratic Classrooms
- The Other Side of Inclusion
- Learning or Unlearning Racism
- The Victimization of LGB Youth
- Multicultural
- Education Toward a Culture of Peace
- Becoming a Professional
- Teachers as Changing Agents
- LL's Reflections
- Why Teachers Must Become Change Agents
- Moral Education and the Need for Teacher Preparation
- Sands, bricks, and seeds: School change strategies and readiness for reform
- Educating for Citizenship in Canada
- Class Management from the Side of Teaching
- Democratic Classrooms: Promises and Challenges of Student Voice and Choice
- Learning in an Inclusive Community
- Breaking the Cycle of Racism in the Classroom
- Victimization of LGB
- Equity
- Psychological Needs
- Becoming a Professional
- Why Teachers Must Become Change Agents
- Mike's Thoughts
- Jeremys stuff
"It is an education in which the individual child of whatever origin finds not mereacceptance or tolerance but respect and understanding.” (Goldstein and Selby,
2000, page 46) When I read this it brought me back to the Cultural Diversity Presentation I did. I believe that teaching diversity begins here, as pre-service teachers. We all want children to grow up in a world free from bias and discrimination. We want them to feel love and never to experience the pain of rejection or exclusion. To accomplish this we can teach the students to celebrate and value diversity and to be proud of themselves and their family traditions.
We could teach children to respect and value people regardless of the colour of their skin, their physical abilities or the language they speak. As teachers, we must provide students with an environment that is conducive to learning. Never tolerate bullying, teasing, and other put down behaviour at any time in the classroom. Implement rules against anything that is disrespectful, hurtful, or intolerant of diversity. Because young children form ideas about themselves and other people at a young age, it is imperative that we as educators begin teaching them that difference should be valued. Children will learn to appreciate the many different cultures around them, this will help students to develop empathy and compassion toward the diversity in their lives. Encouraging cultural diversity in the classroom will
the help students appreciate their own cultures and learn from the different cultures in their classroom/school. It is vital to teach the students that diversity teaches us to value differences in others and look beyond the base emotions of languages, culture, race and color.
p.h
References
Wright, O. M. (2000). Chapter 2: Multicultural and anti-racist education: The issue isequity. In T. Goldstein & D. Selby (Eds.), Weaving Connections: Educating for Peace, Social and Environmental Justice (pp. 57-98). Toronto: Sumach Press.
2000, page 46) When I read this it brought me back to the Cultural Diversity Presentation I did. I believe that teaching diversity begins here, as pre-service teachers. We all want children to grow up in a world free from bias and discrimination. We want them to feel love and never to experience the pain of rejection or exclusion. To accomplish this we can teach the students to celebrate and value diversity and to be proud of themselves and their family traditions.
We could teach children to respect and value people regardless of the colour of their skin, their physical abilities or the language they speak. As teachers, we must provide students with an environment that is conducive to learning. Never tolerate bullying, teasing, and other put down behaviour at any time in the classroom. Implement rules against anything that is disrespectful, hurtful, or intolerant of diversity. Because young children form ideas about themselves and other people at a young age, it is imperative that we as educators begin teaching them that difference should be valued. Children will learn to appreciate the many different cultures around them, this will help students to develop empathy and compassion toward the diversity in their lives. Encouraging cultural diversity in the classroom will
the help students appreciate their own cultures and learn from the different cultures in their classroom/school. It is vital to teach the students that diversity teaches us to value differences in others and look beyond the base emotions of languages, culture, race and color.
p.h
References
Wright, O. M. (2000). Chapter 2: Multicultural and anti-racist education: The issue isequity. In T. Goldstein & D. Selby (Eds.), Weaving Connections: Educating for Peace, Social and Environmental Justice (pp. 57-98). Toronto: Sumach Press.