1. Teaching Today: An Introduction to Education 8th edition
Part 2: Working with Students
Chapter 5: How Has Diversity Impacted Teaching?
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2. Diversity
One of the most dramatic changes in education has been an increased diversity of students.
Diversity includes
Ethnic diversity
Language diversity
Ability diversity
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3. Diversity (continued)
Ethnic and racial diversity has increased significantly in the past 30 years. The largest percentage of increase has been in the Hispanic enrollment as they represent 19% of the public school enrollment.
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4. Diversity (continued)
Language diversity results from the more than 1 million immigrants that enter the US every year. It is projected that by 2020 the foreign born population of the US will be 1 in 7 people.
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5. Diversity (continued)
Ability diversity has increased as a result of federal legislation directed at the teaching of special populations. As a result of No Child Left Behind legislation, students with special learning needs are placed in the “least restricted environment,” and that often means the regular classroom
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6. Focus Questions
What are the advantages and challenges of increased student diversity?
How do you prepare for the diversity you will encounter as a teacher?
Why did the social movement of desegregation impact education?
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7. Focus Questions
When do you alter instructional methods and materials to meet the need of diverse students?
Which activities help to develop cultural and ethnic pride and which are offensive?
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8. Multicultural Education
Multicultural Education is education that promotes educational equity for all learners
Culturally appropriate practices must be utilized
A culturally appropriate environment must be established
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9. The Need for Accurate Information
Genetic-deficit View
Certain groups are predisposed to fail
Cultural Deficit View
Lack of stimulation in the home causes one to fail
Communication-process Position
Minority-group language patterns cause poor academic performance
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10. The Influence of Desegregation
Brown v. Board of Education
“de Facto segregation”
Milliken v. Bradley (Busing)
Magnet Schools
Within-school Segregation
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11. Gender Issues Inequities experienced by female students
Inequities experienced by males
Single gender schools
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12. Goals and Suggestions for Teachers
Believe that All Students Can Learn
Modify Group Practices
Accommodate Learning-Style Differences
Learn More About Diversity
Reflect on Your Own Perspective
Rely Less on Standardized Tests
Avoid Class Favorites
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14. Exceptional Learners
Exceptional Learners generally deviate markedly from the norm. This includes gifted and talented students, as well as those with learning disabilities, physical problems, and emotional or behavioral difficulties.
Exceptional Learners are protected by federal legislation.
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15. Federal Legislation Federal Legislation requires schools to have
Zero rejects
Nondiscriminatory testing
Appropriate education
Individualized Education Plan
Least Restrictive Environment
Due Process
Parent/guardian participation
Mainstreaming
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16. Federal Legislation (continued)
Federal Legislation Requires a Variety of Educational Settings
Special classes
Separate public-school facilities
Separate private-school facilities
Publicly supported residential facilities
Private residential facilities
Home bound or hospital settings
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17. Federal Legislation (continued)
Federal Legislation Requires IEPs
- Developed soon after the learner’s condition is verified
- Must include the learner’s regular teacher, one or both parent/guardians, and a non-teacher, usually a counselor, and the child, when appropriate
- The team must meet at least annually to discuss progress
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18. Inclusion Issues Arguments in Support of Inclusion
Arguments Opposing Inclusion
What Research Says
Council for Exceptional Children
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19. Characteristics of Learners with Specific Disabilities
Speech Impairments
Visual Impairments
Hearing Impairments
ADD / ADHD
Orthopedic Impairments
Emotional Disturbance
Mental Retardation
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20. Assistive Technology
Assistive Technologies are individual pieces of equipment or complex system of equipment designed to maintain or improve the functional capabilities of learners with disabilities
Assistive Technologies help students organize their work, take notes, prepare written responses to assignments, access reference materials, and change information formats to meet their special learning needs.
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21. Overrepresentation of Minorities
African Americans account for 14.5% of the national school population
African Americans account for 20.3% of the learners characterized as having disabilities
In schools with high expectations for all students, there is no overrepresentation of African Americans
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22. Gifted Learners
Gifted Learners have outstanding intellectual ability or creative talent, the development of which requires special activities or services not ordinarily provided by local education agencies.
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23. Gifted Learners The Selection Process Pressures Facing Gifted Learners
Enrichment Programs
Acceleration Programs
Developing Learners’ Potential
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24. Reflections
Who influenced your views? How will they affect your treatment of future students?
How will you help students with varied cultural, ethnic, social, and economic backgrounds develop positive self-concepts while promoting a common commitment to democratic values?
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25. Reflections (continued)
How should school district leaders deal with pressures to fund certain categories of learners learn; are they also responsible for providing a high-quality education to all school learners?
How will you respond to critics who argue that gifted learners are already “advantaged” and do not need further support?
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