{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"44783306","dateCreated":"1319336933","smartDate":"Oct 22, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"dawnyaddicted2life","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dawnyaddicted2life","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1318117565\/dawnyaddicted2life-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/44783306"},"dateDigested":1532760224,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MC Education goal","description":" * What would your end goal be in teaching from this approach?
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\nBackwards planning is a great way to write lesson plans, and also coincidentally, how to think about what you want your students to walk away from regarding multiculturalism at the end. They learn in a big way from us--simply because of their younger age now. I want to create a generation of critical thinkers who are not afraid to talk about "race" one day as adults because it is too difficult. I want them to discern how to stand up for themselves and their peers, whether in intelligent discussion and interaction and that moment of learning starts now. I want a classroom of talkers, discussants, doers of present active minds.
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\n * What would MC Ed look like in your field placement (consider developmental appropriateness and specific strategies)?
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\nIt can start as young as Kindergarden. What is appropraite is their cognitive ability to RESPOND which works best with their age group and class. Younger grades may draw about their feelings. Slightly older one may begin to formulate words which express exposure to multiculturalism. Finally still older ones may begin to write, contextualize, perform role-playing activities and lively discussions which address our differences. At this age, they may formulate their own questions, and research and "do" in order to answer them.
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\n * How might that be different (or similar) to the way you (and your CTs) go about teaching now?
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\nShe is a lively teacher who excels with the verbal word, but I would allow for more student-led discussion. It is a far cry from my previous placement at P.S. 3 where students had a dedicated period of day of the week, where they led completely independently their own "town hall" panel. That was 4th grade, and in this 5th grade placement there is a lack of such progressive measures. Students were more open to speak up, ask another a question--but most importantly: generate a critical thinking mind expected of the teacher. That took precedent over listening passively and answering only prompted questions. I feel the difference and trust me the students do too!","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"43186386","dateCreated":"1317067176","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Jaffry23","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Jaffry23","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/43186386"},"dateDigested":1532760224,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MC education in the classroom","description":"After finding out what this class was really about, and doing some of the readings I understand how important it is to teach students about multiculturalism. By teaching MC in my classroom I will like for my students to learn about other cultures, especially those of their classmates. This will help them understand why everyone is different and at the same time why will their opinions might be different from each other. I hope to build a sense of community where each student accepts the other just like they are and be respectful to each other. At my current placement the curriculum does not leave space to designate one period just for multicultural education. As I was talking with my CT we came to the agreement that we can make room for it during emotional literacy and also during reading workshop, by doing read allows with books that touch up on the subject and then have discussions about them.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"44783376","body":"I liked your idea you discussed with your CT to encourage more Multicultural education.
\nWhat would your specific goal be in teaching from this approach in the end?
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\n-Dawny","dateCreated":"1319337156","smartDate":"Oct 22, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"dawnyaddicted2life","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dawnyaddicted2life","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1318117565\/dawnyaddicted2life-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"43186346","dateCreated":"1317067126","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"kac546","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kac546","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/43186346"},"dateDigested":1532760224,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MC Education","description":"My student teaching placement has been quite an experience thus far. I am in a K-1 classroom that is 12:1; however, there are currently only six students in the class. The first graders are going into their second year in this \u201cprogram\u201d and a majority of the students have been with the same teacher, my cooperating teacher, since kindergarten. Consequently, the teacher knows the students\u2019 learning styles, has relationships with their parents, and for the most part knows about their home life.\u00a0My cooperating teacher has \u201cwarned me\u201d about the \u201ctendencies\u201d of specific students and has also given me \u201cinsight\u201d about which parents I should keep at \u201carms length.\u201d I really disapprove of the negative picture my cooperating teacher has painted for me of these students and their parents.\u00a0I have yet to see this side of the students\u00a0and I haven't had the opportunity to get to know the parents personally. I prefer to keep an open mind until I can judge the students and parents for myself.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Two of the students in this first grade class are Russian twins. At home, Russian is spoken as the dominant language. From what I understand, the twins had a very difficult time adjusting to school as kindergartners because of their language barrier. This year, I have seen the other children in the class \u201cbully\u201d the twins because they realize they can get away with it. For example, one particular student often takes Michael, the boy twin\u2019s snack, or something else from his lunch, and claims that \u201cMichael said I could have it.\u201d I have yet to see my cooperating teacher put her foot down and properly address this situation. I firmly believe this class needs to be taught about one another\u2019s cultural differences and learn to respect their peers. So far, this does not appear to have happened. It would also be beneficial if the twins could share with their classmates, and teacher, something about Russia. This might encourage everyone in the class to take a more positive interest in the twins and appreciate some of the difficulties, such as the language barrier, that these students face in the classroom.
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\n-Kelly","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"43168838","dateCreated":"1317051675","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"francescaneedham","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/francescaneedham","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/43168838"},"dateDigested":1532760224,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"multicultural education in the classroom","description":"I feel like multicultural education is something hugely important but that largely gets pushed under the rug in many classrooms. I\u2019m working at PS 212 and I feel like I haven\u2019t really seen my CT do any type of culture\/race\/etc\u2026 discussion in the classroom. They are working on community building and have done stuff like \u201cwhat is a caring being?\u201d and filled in things like \u201cnot judgmental, kind, shares\u201d and so on, but I don\u2019t feel like it discusses much about culture and how people look different, act different, but still must be accepted and celebrated. I\u2019m reading a read aloud on Wednesday for community building and I chose the book Freedom Summer. It\u2019s about two boys during the Civil Rights Movement, one black and one white, who are best friends but can\u2019t do anything together in public like go to the pool or the ice cream shop. Then the Civil Rights Act became law and the pool became open to public regardless of race, but instead of giving blacks the same rights as whites, the pool decides to close down in protest. I won\u2019t spoil the ending, but it\u2019s a very powerful story. This book is great and discusses some really sensitive subjects, so I\u2019m a little worried that my students won\u2019t feel comfortable discussing it, but I am going to try my best to work this into community building. I know we discussed how race is kind of a taboo topic and also read this in Tatum\u2019s book, so I worry that the kids won\u2019t be open to talking about it. Or possibly even that it\u2019s bringing up a subject too \u201cdifficult\u201d for them to discuss. That being said, I think despite not seeing racism or anything in my classroom, it\u2019s important to discuss it because often we are told to believe that racism is gone and something of the olden days, when in reality it exists very much today.
\nI think multiculturalism isn\u2019t something that needs to be discussed once an incident happens, like if a student says a racial slur on the playground during recess. I think it should be an ongoing process so that the students learn that yes, they are different, and that they each have something important to offer the class and the world in general.
\nAlso, I want to have a guiding question for my students during this read aloud for discussion afterwards so that we can tie it into community building. Does anybody have any thoughts? I am having trouble thinking of a question because I feel like all the questions I think of are basically, \u201cnow that we read this great book about racism and acceptance, shouldn\u2019t we be accepting in this classroom too?? Ha!\u201d","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"43168092","dateCreated":"1317051021","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"klb409","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/klb409","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/43168092"},"dateDigested":1532760224,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Mc Ed in the Classroom","description":"Something that we have discussed in class and that came up in our most recent reading was the idea of appropriateness. I do think that understanding the impacts of race and culture in the lives of students with regard to how they may benefit or not benefit from how they identify is an important part of developing a student\u2019s metacognition. However, given how young the students in my placement are, I don\u2019t know how appropriate a discussion that deep would be. I do think that teachers should provide opportunities for students to raise questions and make comments so that we can then address those, without forcing the conversation. History lessons, combined with supplementary materials are a great way to do this in my opinion. History sets the scene for what we see today and it is a great segway into those kinds of conversations. This semester, I am in charge of creating and teaching history in the classroom and I have the ability to teach it in any way I want. I hope that as I learn more in this course I will have the opportunity to implement it myself in the lessons I teach and see where it leads. Aside from that, I have not yet seen my CT\u2019s really incorporate any kind of MC Ed, aside from the last book the students read which was from the perspective of a Latino child. Integrating these lessons and discussions into literacy also provides opportunity for expansion on the subject of multiculturalism. However, in this case I don\u2019t think full advantage was taken. We will have to see what happens as the year progresses.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"44783438","body":"I like your comment on developing students' metacognition. But after working with all grade levels I might think that actually it is never too young to start thoughtful discussions about history. In fact it sets a very useful precedent in your room. What would your end goal be in teaching from this approach, since you are doing history with them? What is your grade level you are teaching?","dateCreated":"1319337366","smartDate":"Oct 22, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"dawnyaddicted2life","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dawnyaddicted2life","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1318117565\/dawnyaddicted2life-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"43167894","dateCreated":"1317050791","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"snp241","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/snp241","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1317051397\/snp241-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/43167894"},"dateDigested":1532760224,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MC ED","description":"In essence, Multicultural Education, at its core, is teaching students about the community where they are placed, valuing people as human beings and not as labels, and using this sensitive knowledge in order to actively promote antiracist sensibilities and become advocates for a better world.
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\nIn my current placement, I have not seen the different direct approaches or methods for creating community, or highlighting individual uniqueness, but this may be due to the fact that it is a CTT classroom and that it is the beginning of the year. Also, I only go in for student teaching 3 days a week, which might have some weight on whether or not I have seen these activities or not. There are many students who do not display activism in the classroom, but this might be due to the fact that the need for this in the classroom, in New York, may not be important. The culture of the school is welcoming and so diverse, that I don't see culture getting in the way of anyone's education or lives.
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\nMy main goal from teaching from this perspective would be to highlight student stories in order to enrich the experiences of all of the class. I grew up with my mother who knew the importance of experiences and education. She took me to many different places, museums, road trips, etc. Through those trips and through that experience, I was able to formulate my own judgement of people that I feel is unbiased and real. I am sensitive as well because I went to two entirely different school environments where I was taught through social interactions and culture-shock. It wasn't that I came in to my high school doors as a racist individual; it was that those around me started to become more aware and more passionate about their identities and their community. At all times I felt like I was an outsider, but through that my own identity was always in the spotlight, which made me a better observer and a better person of focusing on others as human beings. Another end goal of teaching from this approach would be to establish a strong community. It is so important to foster a common relationship in students, and it is so imperative that the teacher opens up an environment that is both conducive to work as well as relationships in and out of school. Without these, it is difficult to actually engage students who might stray out of the sidelines because they don't feel like they belong. These feelings might also become a distraction for some students who are self-conscious and might aggravate other problems that they may have with their self-esteem, composure, etc. This is reminiscent of "Care Theory" from the "Why Multicultural Ed?" reading.
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\nAt the age that most of my students are, it is hard to gauge what their thought are on race. It is important to remember that most of them spend a great deal of time with either their parents or their babysitters at the end of the day and on weekends. Through these interactions, and through who they befriend in the classroom, they are getting the education about race that will "formulate" their conceptions later. The parents, PTA, teachers, principal, "and professionals who were part of a larger community" would need to be involved in creating programs and lessons that would foster cultural awareness in a positive light. There have been no problems that needed to be addressed, but building a community in the classroom would be the first step in a cognizant and respectful environment. Children are more than capable of understanding concepts that are difficult for adults to talk about, it is the process of creating awareness of sensitivities that might be elusive to them. Thus far, in my placement, the students are creating their own sub-communities and are, for the most part, respectful of one another.
\nCreating awareness is a tricky business that requires a great deal of planning and awareness in the teacher, but it would be a step forward in promotion of education that would hinder negative stereotypes in the future.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"43169436","body":"I completely agree, I think definitely traveling around the world helps a lot when trying to develop a sense of culture and if we can bring it into the classroom for those who don't get the chance to travel that it can benefit them a lot in helping them get a sense of the bigger picture of what culture is. I think its very important bring students to museums to help with learning about culture and New York CIty has great museums such as my class is going to the museum of natural history on monday which i am excited about. I think people learn about culture in different ways therefore exposing students the more ways possible helps a lot. I always loved museums. I also agree with how the people around you shape what you think culture is and what you think about people different from you and either they can help in a positive or a negative way. I like to think because I always felt different in some way or other i liked to believe that you have to take people for who they are and not make assumptions before you really know someone and i hope my students can learn that as well
\n-Stephanie","dateCreated":"1317052206","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"snt227","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/snt227","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"43167416","dateCreated":"1317050432","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"gtutson","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gtutson","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/43167416"},"dateDigested":1532760224,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MC Ed in schools","description":"The way I see education, the end goal is always to guide children in becoming successful members of society. This doesn\u2019t just mean knowing information that is presented in text books, but becoming well rounded in many domains. Therefore, the goal of teaching from a Multicultural Education approach adds to the main teaching objective, in providing students with an open mind, knowledge about various cultures, and a way to hold conversations about anything in a way that is thoughtful about other people.
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\nMy current placement is in Spanish Harlem, with a large population of Black and Hispanic students. Because these groups are largely represented in the classroom, their cultures aren\u2019t really talked about \u2013 at least not yet. The only thing that has been discussed is how their \u201cschool culture\u201d and religion differs from that of Ancient Aztecs, a group that they read about in their non-fiction literature unit. So I hope to see more exploration of culture as they begin to work on Social Studies.
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\nBecause there are two groups that are so prevalent in my placement, their cultures should be discussed more, especially since there are probably so many differences between the students of these ethnicities. I feel that a lot of my students don\u2019t even realize their cultural backgrounds. For example, one girl didn\u2019t even seem fazed by the fact that she was born on 9\/11\/01. Many of these children live in projects; one girl told us that her bed is a mattress on the living room floor. And while these facts don\u2019t really matter in the grand scheme of multiculturalism, I believe that these are some of the things that students probably focus on more at home, and so school should be a place for them to learn more about what they might not have learned about themselves elsewhere.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"43168176","body":"I think that you've touched upon a few important ideas. The fact that the major groups of students that comprise the student body of your school isn't recognized is unfortunate. I think that there's so much that can be done with this.
\nI also like what you said about school being a place for the students to learn about themselves. It's so true that for many students, what happens at home and what happens at school are two different concepts. They don't connect and students don't see that both of these worlds are a part of their identities. It's something that can be and should be discussed in school.","dateCreated":"1317051128","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"JasmineAllyce","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/JasmineAllyce","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"43167392","dateCreated":"1317050407","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"JasmineAllyce","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/JasmineAllyce","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/43167392"},"dateDigested":1532760224,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MC Education","description":"Most of the students look the same in my fifth grade General Education classroom. So, my goal would be to introduce the class to a multitude of cultures. I would want to do this in a way that won't embarrass anyone in the class, or make them feel singled out. However, this would take some research on my part. I would have to find out which cultures are incorporated into the class, and educate myself on each one of them. This could be a collaborative project between me, each student, and the students' families. Each week could be focused on a different culture, with a final presentation at the end of the week by a student to show what he or she has learned.
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\nI think it could be beneficial to this class for them to see all of the different cultures that are represented in the room, not just the cultures of the students who don't look like anyone else. I also think that family involvement could be a great asset to class that wants to have a strong Multicultural Education presence.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"43167908","body":"This is such a great idea, Jasmine. I think it's great that you would make this a long term project which looks at each individual culture. As students begin to learn about more and more cultures, they could even begin to compare similarities and differences amongst groups. And the family involvement is so important!
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\nMy only fear would be how you could make this fit into the curriculum, since there are so many other expectations in the classroom already.","dateCreated":"1317050815","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"gtutson","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gtutson","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"43169240","body":"I think it'd be really interesting to do this, although I also had a thing at my school growing up where every month we had a different heritage present. i remember i was told I had to present for Jewish heritage, even though I didn't know much about it and it just ended up being so uncomfortable and even excluding, not to mention they just picked randomly a few heritages to celebrate so it sent a kind of confusing message on like, why Jewish culture was more important than another kind. It was just weird.
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\nYour idea sounds good, and I'd suggest maybe trying to mix it up - not every student would have to present on their own culture? It's always interesting to see what the students would research on another culture and it might be nice for the person of that culture to be able to watch someone speak with respect about their culture.","dateCreated":"1317052030","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"francescaneedham","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/francescaneedham","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"43166172","dateCreated":"1317049376","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"snt227","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/snt227","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/43166172"},"dateDigested":1532760224,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MC education (field placement)","description":"From what I have already learned about Multicultural education and whats going on in my placement, I feel my cooperating teachers are doing a pretty good job at incorporating multicultural education into there studies. Something that is very important in multicultural education is to build a community in the classroom so that everyone feels safe and comfortable enough to talk about the tough topics about culture and racism. The way that my cooperating teachers have decided to do that is by establishing from the first day of class that the classroom is called the clubhouse project which means every student including the teachers are clubhouse members. She also has the students create the clubhouse code which are the rules that the students agree to all follow. She also tells them that they can sign it whenever they feel ready enough to take the responsibility of following the code. By adding project to the title she is also giving the students the sense of being part of something bigger than just for themselves. I feel this was a very good idea and way of creating a community of trust and safely where every student feels safe enough to speak honestly to each other about anything while still being able to be respectful to others. My teacher is also very into teaching social justice so she has already done a stereotype lesson which I talked about in the post before and then she is reinforcing the lesson with a read aloud called william's doll about stereotypes. Its helps because it puts in terms that students can understand. Also in writing, she had the class make up their own I am poems so that students could share with other students what they think they are. So far i really like how my CT has incorporated multicultural education but from what i have learned now I think we still need to see how we can spread into the other subject areas not only social studies and writing.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"43168084","body":"Wow, it seems like your teacher is very active in her role of promoting awareness in the students! I like that you were thinking about how to incorporate it into different subject areas as well. I wonder, is there any negative outcomes from this type of direct instruction that you have seen?","dateCreated":"1317051018","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"snp241","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/snp241","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1317051397\/snp241-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"43169374","body":"It really seems like your teacher is doing a great job! I love the clubhouse code. It reminds me of the projects we did in Suzanne's class last semester where we had to create our own classrooms. It goes a step further than just having students sign a class contract, handing it up and then leaving it there without any follow up. This way students understand that these are standards they all came up with and agreed to together and that they are expected to follow them all year. They seem to be remind of this in the way that she integrated social justice and learning about eachother throughout the curriculum. I really like this.","dateCreated":"1317052149","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"klb409","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/klb409","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"43172082","body":"I just love your class because this clubhouse idea is just wonderful for building the community necessary for children to actively speak out about themselves. This really is the first step to being able to talk about the differences and similarities among active members of the community. From that read aloud and clarification of identities, there is a lot of multicultural education occurs in the clubhouse and I look forward to hearing a lot more.","dateCreated":"1317054324","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"colleen.ouyang","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/colleen.ouyang","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"43156488","dateCreated":"1317040385","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"brittanyhan","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/brittanyhan","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/43156488"},"dateDigested":1532760225,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MC Ed in Classroom","description":"My end goal would be for me to get the know the students and for the students to get to know each other. It's really important for me to have my classroom be a strong, respectful, and comfortable community. Building relationships is a fundamental necessity. I would try to teach in the most unbiased ways possible to give every student the opportunity to succeed. I want to be open minded and informed so that students can view me as an example of how to treat others because people learn from what they see more so than from what they hear. I would strive to introduce and expose students to all different cultures and ideas so they can form their own opinions and make informed choices.
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\nTo be honest I'm not really sure if I see MC Ed in my placement. My CT instructs the same way pretty much everyday and has never mentioned anything to me about different strategies for carter to different students. Maybe this is a good or bad thing, but I haven't really noticed or paid any particular attention to their ethnicities\/race. I know that they come from different backgrounds than me that I have little to no knowledge of, but I don't treat them differently because of that. I make effort to get to know them and let them know that I care about them and want to help them. I certainly would like to know more about their cultures and their stories so I am better equipped to help them in all different ways in and out of the classroom.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"43168250","body":"The idea of modeling how to be open to different cultures is not something I really thought about. Of course, we know that we need to set the example. But it can really be a powerful tool if we do see something in the classroom like racism. We can refer back to how we treated similar situations, or reasoning behidn doing so, and ask our students to follow that example. Its a simple, but effective way to keep the classroom community positive and open.","dateCreated":"1317051205","smartDate":"Sep 26, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"klb409","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/klb409","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}