I work in a Native American school. All students have to be at least 1/16th native american in blood. In amongst that are hispanic/NA, African-American/NA, Caucasian/NA, and a variety of NA tribes. If the tribe had it's way we would only ever use NA literature in our classrooms. However, in that respect, their is a lack of well written and culturally accurate NA literature, as is there in other cultures. Since we feel it is important to study all cultures in our school because our students will be living in the world someday we rely on sites such as Oyate to find the best NA literature, we use the children's book council, we go to multicultural websites and author websites for more resources. We try to bring in NA authors to our school and would like to bring in authors of other cultures but we haven't quite convinced anyone that this would be of value to their children. And in working within our curriculum we work closely with the NA community, and culture teachers to make sure our curriculum incorporates the culture. Carol M
--- On Thu, 7/22/10, Rohan Ricardo Hanslip <[email protected]> wrote: From: Rohan Ricardo Hanslip <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Culturally Responsive Learning To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 5:28 AM Hello, The cultural make-up of the classroom is constantly evolving and so educators have to be current and relevant in the approaches or strategies that are used to promote learning. What are some innovative or effective ways in which educators can promote a culturally responsive learning environment in the classroom, especially in reading? Rohan _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
