My goals are simple and I would like to start by welcoming people from other countries, or even our own, especially if they do not know how to speak the local language of where they chose to live, they can become frustrated and do not even want to try. Students can suffer when their parents do not speak the language of the school. This sometimes intimidates the parent and they are not involved in their child’s school experience. Without the skills to communicate with each other, understanding diminishes between the parent and the teacher. We as educators must create a welcoming environment for parents, students and accommodate the entire family. We should want all to be involved in the education process.
Teachers need to acquire the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to educate our diverse learners. There is a lot of resistance coming from the educators addressing issues like race and racism in their courses and even throughout the school (Cochran-Smith, 2004). Our children with diverse, cultural backgrounds will continue to not be served until our schools knowledge the need for culturally educated teachers. We all must be willing to value and celebrate diversity in developing curriculum and classroom practices. I think ways we can help diverse learners is to take a constructivist view of learning and remember all students are capable of learning.
I would also like to that Pamela for being and excellent communicating and understanding instructor and all my colleagues for their patience excepting all my late papers. Through the course of this class it has been a difficult time and challenging time and I thank everyone involved for helping me to think and learn. I wish everyone the best in the future and i hope all of your goals happen!
References
Cochran-Smith, M. (2004). Walking the road: Race, diversity, and social justice in
Teacher education. New York , NY
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