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Culturally Responsive Mindset - Coggle Diagram
Culturally Responsive Mindset
Characteristic #1: Socio-cultural consciousness
-awareness of how socio-cultural structures impact individual experiences and opportunities
-society influenced by norms established by dominant group
Culturally responsive educator
-understands position in present social, historical and political context
-questions own attitudes, behaviours, beliefs
-come to terms with forms of discrimination potentially affecting experiences of students and families in multiple ways
-self-reflection important
examination of own biases
identification of own biases
understanding issues of power and privilege
power dynamics + personal experience
reflect on how our own social identity is constructed
how social identity is shaped by society
Characteristic #2: High Expectations
hold positive and affirming views of students ability to learn + achieve academic success
demonstrate genuine respect for students + families
strong belief in potential of student
social identities of students = asset rather than deficit or limitation
Characteristic #3: Desire to make a difference
equitable and inclusive education = fundamental to supporting high levels of achievement
patterns of underachievement found in certain groups = deeply problematic + institutional barriers
agents of social change
Characteristic #4: Constructivist Approach
build upon varied lived experiences of students = bring curriculum to life
integrate locally situated learning into daily instruction + learning process
promotes inquiry-based learning
students ask questions
new knowledge created based on students natural curiosity about own experiences
knowledge building is reciprocal = learning is relevant + accessible for all students
students see themselves in the curriculum
Characteristic #5: Deep knowledge of their students
parents, caregivers, families know their children best
build strong relationships with students' families
promote mutual resect between home and school
students as individual learners= integration of lived experience into daily learning of classroom
students reflected in the curriculum
Characteristic #6: Culturally responsive teaching practices
a) holding high expectations for learning
b) recognizing and honouring strengths that student's lived experiences and/or home culture bring to learning environment of classroom
learning experiences = relevant and authentic
experiences have value and are important to the learning in school