Content Review
- Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2–3 paragraphs in length.
- Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.
- Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see which question that you are responding to.
- Review pages 107–109 in the course text Teaching and Learning in a Diverse World. Then, describe at least two ways—one at the implicit level and the other at theexplicit level- in which culture might influence a child’s development.
- Think about what you have learned this week about growing up in a bicultural/bilingual environment. Summarize at least three points that would be help early childhood professionals be more responsive to culturally and linguistically diverse children and families with whom they work.
- Pages 111–118 in Teaching and Learning in a Diverse World discuss cultural and linguistic discontinuity. How might early childhood professionals lessen the potentially negative effects of cultural and linguistic discontinuity for the children and families with whom they work?Learning ResourcesThis page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of the assigned resources for this week. To view this week’s media resources, please use the streaming media player below.Required Resources
- Course Text:Ramsey, P. G. (2015). Teaching and learning in a diverse world: Multicultural education for young children (4th ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.
- Chapter 6, “The Context of Culture and the Natural Environment” (pp. 107-118, up to “Learning About and Challenging What Children Know, Think, and Feel about the Natural Environment”)
- Web Article: Misconceptions About Language Acquisition
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/earlycld/ea4lk15.htm - Web Article: Responding to Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: Recommendations for Effective Early Childhood Education
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSDIV98.PDF(PDF)This assignment is due tomorrow at 12estAPA format pleaseAll original work please
- Course Text:Ramsey, P. G. (2015). Teaching and learning in a diverse world: Multicultural education for young children (4th ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.
