Week 11: Multilingual Students Within a Classroom

I think, first and foremost, you want to bring and accept students’ cultures/traditions into the classroom environment. By creating an open/accepting classroom culture, students will have a sense of safety/security to feel comfortable expressing themselves in whatever they see fit. That classroom door should always be open to new ideas and events that can incorporate

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Week 10: Queer and Trans People

As the world advances and society evolves, so should the discussion around respecting and incorporating different sexualities and genders into our classrooms. I believe we have to educate not just the children but society (parents, staff, neighbors, community members, etc.) about important information surrounding queer and trans people), educated them on facts about how they

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Week 8: Blog Post Culturally Relevant Pedagogy & Elementary Music Education

Starting off, a culturally relevant pedagogy can be defined as “an effective way of centering the cultures, languages, and experiences that diverse students bring to classrooms so as to increase their engagement and academic achievement” (Lopez, 2011, p. 77). Teachers “must gain knowledge of the cultures represented in their classrooms, then translate this knowledge into

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Citizenship Week #6

My understanding of citizenship is being productive, responsible, and diligent members apart of a bigger society. Taking that incentive to do the greater good and further civilization and increasing the socioeconomic status within their city/state/country. To be an open-minded, welcoming, caring individual that treats everybody with respect and kindness regardless of religion, gender, disability, or

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School Curricula Development Blog #5

The Levin article states that “curriculum is developed by governments or other sanctioned authorities for standard use in schools across a state, province, or country” (Levin, 2008, p.7). The government will bring “groups of experts and sector representatives to draft elements of a new or revised curriculum. Teachers of the subject will often be in

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