Group Differences Ch 4

What?
I thought that this weeks class was very interesting on cultures and group differences. I feel like it is such an important topic when it comes to teaching. I learned this week that there are many different cultures that I will be faced with in school. I thought that it was interesting to learn about worldviews and stereotypes. This class went right along with my multicultural class. I like the many ideas that were shared about making a classroom a multicultural environment. I also thought it was interesting the statistics that you shared with us in class.
So What?
So why is this important to know? If we are not of the cultures that our students are in how can we best serve them. We need to make sure that each student is receiving all the resources available to them. If we don't know where the student is coming from how can we help them. We also need to know the proper way to teach a student. If we have mannerisms that offend student, or say something that might offend students, we need to correct and change what we do and say.
I also think that it is important to create a multicultural classroom. I like the many ideas that were shared in class. We need to make sure that everyone feels included. I we truly believe that school is for everyone then lets make sure that we teach it to everyone.
Now What?
As I look back at the lesson plans that I have written I realize that they have not been very good at creating a multicultural classroom. I know that I need to work on this. I must say that none of this stuff dawned on me till just recently. I wish that I had learned this before I had written all my lesson plans. How ever i am glad that I have learned it before I start teaching.