Read the articles “10
Effective DAP Teaching Strategies” and “Culturally
Responsive Classroom Strategies.” In addition, view the Culture
in the Classroom website and the
Lisa Delpit Interview article.
After reviewing the required resources, identify and discuss three challenges
involved with ensuring that teaching strategies are appropriate for culturally
diverse children. Then, discuss these cultural challenges in the classroom
using one sociological perspective (i.e., functionalism, conflict theory,
symbolic interactionism, etc.) and another relevant perspective, such as
Piaget’s preoperational stage of development. Finally, identify and discuss how
the challenges related to differences in culture may be addressed by a teacher
in a way that increases the child’s cognitive advancement and academic
success.
You must use at least three scholarly sources other than the textbook and
required resources for this assignment. The paper must include a summary of
each of the challenges identified and each of the remedies to those challenges.
In addition, you must include an explanation of the cultural challenges in the
classroom using one of the sociological perspectives and Piaget’s theory of the
preoperational stage of cognitive development.
Criteria:
Must be three to
four double-spaced pages in length, not including title and reference pages,
and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include at
least three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook and required
resources.
Must include, on
the final page, a reference list that is formatted according to APA style as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must be well
organized and reflect college-level writing.
