Christina Trovato
Blog 7 - Chapter 6

Vocabulary Vitalizer & Idea Illustrator

• "This pedagogical stance, what Cherry McGee Banks and James Banks (1995a) have called an equity pedagogy, challenges the very structure of schools, including seemingly natural and neutral practices such as tracking and disciplinary policies" (p.181).

Equity Pedagogy -  Using different teaching styles to meet the diverse needs of your students.

     Nieto is mentioned in this online article as well as the concept of equity pedagogy :)
http://www.education.com/reference/article/multicultural-education/

• "She developed the concept of cultural synchronization to describe this relationship. Cultural synchronization assumes both integrity and humility; it cannot be either deceptive or artificial donning of cultural values. Rather, it means that teachers need to learn what can help their students learn, and then change their teaching accordingly." (p. 167)

Cultural Synchronization - The act of multiple cultures interacting at the same time.

 This article helps show how to diversify your classroom for many different learners
http://cdtl.nus.edu.sg/link/Nov2004/le.htm

• "I have argued elsewhere (Nieto, 1996) that to become a multicultural teacher, one needs to become a multicultural person first. (p.177)

Multicultural - relating to, or including several cultures.
Many definitions are listed in this website :)
http://www.nameorg.org/resolutions/definition.html

 

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