Enhancing the written medium for culturally diverse learners via reciprocal interaction

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
Lourdes Diaz Soto
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Diverse Learners ◽  
Reciprocal Interaction ◽  
Culturally Diverse Learners

Creating Taxonomies to Improve School–Home Connections With Families of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 651-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Teresa Linse
Keyword(s):  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Diverse Learners ◽  
Home Language ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
School Practices ◽  
School Based ◽  
Culturally Diverse Learners ◽  
Linguistically Diverse Learners

Families of culturally and linguistically diverse pupils often do not participate fully in their children’s school-based education. The purpose of this article is to introduce taxonomies as a means to examine and improve school practices and levels of responsiveness to families whose home language is not English, so that families feel more comfortable connecting with their child’s school community. Taxonomies can provide a vital framework, and tool that schools can use to evaluate and improve the school–home contacts that take place. The taxonomies introduced in this article are based on a compilation of a variety of theoretical premises concerning parent involvement and the education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners.

Using the Universal Design for Learning Framework to Support Culturally Diverse Learners

2012 ◽  
Vol 192 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meia Chita-Tegmark ◽  
Jenna W. Gravel ◽  
B. Serpa Maria De Lourdes ◽  
Yvonne Domings ◽  
David H. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Diverse Learners ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Culturally Diverse Learners

Pathways to Teacher Learning in Multicultural Contexts

1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo J. Artiles ◽  
Ramona M. Barreto ◽  
Luis Peña ◽  
Karen McClafferty
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Diverse Learners ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
Multiple Data ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Culturally Diverse Learners

This longitudinal case study focused on the learning trajectories of two novice bilingual education teachers in urban schools. We traced changes in and relationships between these teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and interactive thinking about teaching culturally diverse learners. Multiple data collection strategies were used, including concept maps, in-depth interviews, surveys, and stimulated recall interviews. Data were collected before and after a multicultural education course in which the teachers were enrolled during their 1--year MEd and credential program. Data were also collected during their first and second years of inservice teaching. Results suggest that the relationship between teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and decision making is complicated and dynamic. Classroom and school contexts affected teachers' attempts to enact constructivist and social justice education principles. Moreover, prior beliefs as well as the teacher education program (TEP) and teachers' own developmental needs contributed to the ways in which these teachers learned to teach. The findings suggest that if we are to prepare teachers to teach culturally diverse learners, we must design TEPs that provide both resources and opportunities to master and appropriate the components of good teaching for diverse learners.

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