The impact of teachers exploring students' culture
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Title
The impact of teachers exploring students' culture
Description
MS Ed: Teaching Literacy
Abstract
Cultural gaps and assumptions exist all over the United States. When teachers are unaware of their students' diverse needs and traditions, a special connection between the student and teacher is not developed. Student-teacher connections within the classroom
are essential for learning. The purpose of this qualitative study is to show how teachers can explore students' cultures and how such exploration impacts student behavior and learning in the classroom. Participants included four American female teachers from a
Public School in Brooklyn, New York who met for ten weeks to research and better understand the Urdu culture. They explored the Urdu culture in novels, autobiographies, and parent interviews. Findings indicated that the more the participants explored the culture and implemented new changes in the classroom accordingly, the better the Urdu students reacted, creating a student-teacher connection. Among the culture in the kindergarten classrooms, many Urdu children who were once shy or behaved unacceptably, transformed into children eager to participate in learning.
are essential for learning. The purpose of this qualitative study is to show how teachers can explore students' cultures and how such exploration impacts student behavior and learning in the classroom. Participants included four American female teachers from a
Public School in Brooklyn, New York who met for ten weeks to research and better understand the Urdu culture. They explored the Urdu culture in novels, autobiographies, and parent interviews. Findings indicated that the more the participants explored the culture and implemented new changes in the classroom accordingly, the better the Urdu students reacted, creating a student-teacher connection. Among the culture in the kindergarten classrooms, many Urdu children who were once shy or behaved unacceptably, transformed into children eager to participate in learning.
Creator
Townson, Samantha
Date Accepted
2015
Rights
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Is Part Of
Wagner College Electronic Thesis Collection
Format
application/pdf
Extent
45 pages
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
Ed_2015_Townson_Impact
Collection
Citation
Townson, Samantha, “The impact of teachers exploring students' culture,” Wagner College Archives and Special Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wagnercollections.omeka.net/items/show/17463.