13 research outputs found
A University and Middle-School Partnership: Preservice Teachers' Attitudes Toward ELL Students
Research on the Impact of Teacher Preparation to Teach Diverse Students: The Research We Have and the Research We Need
School Teacher Perceptions of Barriers That Limit the Participation of African American Males in Public School Gifted Programs
Examining Teacher Preparation for CodeâRelated Reading Instruction: An Integrated Literature Review
Response to Intervention: A Socio-cultural Perspective of the Problems and the Possibilities
Preparing reading/literacy specialists to meet changes and challenges: International Literacy Associationâs Standards 2017
Culturally responsive literacy practices in an early childhood community.
Early childhood educators continue to see an increase in their culturally diverse student population. As our country continues to grow as a multicultural nation, it is imperative that our early childhood classrooms embrace this rich diversity and provide experiences that affirm all students, families and communities. We (teacher educators) synthesized the current research into the following five frameworks that we believe embody the foundation of culturally responsive teaching (CRT) in an early childhood setting: (a) developing a culturally responsive classroom community, (b) family engagement, (c) critical literacy within a social justice framework, (d) multicultural literature, and (e) culturally responsive print rich environments. In this article we situate each framework within the larger context of research. Next we move beyond discussing CRT practices by offering ideas on how culturally responsive classrooms look and how to implement this pedagogy and in an early childhood setting with real classroom practices