Culturally Responsive Teaching is acknowledging as an educator that students are not blank slates. Children have been learning since in the womb, they have been socializing with their families and environments , and have been adopting to their culture. By knowing this an educator will strive to be inclusive for all students and they will understand that there is no right or wrong way of doing things but there is a culture’s way of doing things.

What does “culture” mean for young children? Most likely, it is not something they think about; culture is how they move through the world everyday.

Read:

• Kowleski (2010) Culturally Responsive Teaching Matters! 
• Cole & Verwayne (2019) Becoming Upended: Teaching and Learning About Race and Racism with Young Children and Families.

Review the powerpoint Culturally Responsive Teaching.

If you have trouble accessing the video from the powerpoint, here it is:

Finally, watch this read aloud of the Karen Katz book, The Colors of Us:

Review the guidelines for the Culturally Responsive Teaching Essay. You will use these resources, as well as the classroom discussion this week, to write your essay, which is due September 26 on Blackboard.