Saturday, April 20, 2013
Welcoming Families from Around the World
The country of origin I chose is South Africa. The steps I would take to be culturally responsive is first to talk with any professional connections I have that have experience with familys from this country. I would then contact the early childhood collaborative from that country that we learned about in a previous class. I would then do some basic internet research, and collect some books both for young children and adults from the native culture. From there I would try to prepare myself with the information I collected, and use the family to collect more culture information. With all of this information I would hope that the family would realize that I wanted to welcome them in and work with them to help thier family acclimate to their new home. This would hopefully help to make a bridge between school and home and allow me to be more effective in preparing their child for school.
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Hi Amber
ReplyDeleteI liked your idea of getting help from professional network to get yourself prepared for the new foreign student into your class. I believe the network is a power resource to equip and support us for the challenges we might face in welcoming and having new foreign students into our class. Wong
Amber,
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that you are going to connect with the early childhood collaborative. It is also great how you connected this class’s content with our previous class. I agree with all this preparation that the family would feel welcomed in your school. Do you think that most teachers have the understanding to welcome children into their classroom from other countries?
Assuming that the vast majority of teachers enter the profession to make a difference in the lives of their students does not negate the fact that without guidance and appropriate knowledge bases, educators are likely to inadvertently contribute to oppression--despite good intentions (Boutte, 2008).
What are you thoughts?
Jill
Boutte, G. (2008). Beyond the illusion of diversity: How early childhood teachers can promote social justice. Social Studies, 99(4), 165--173.
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