Challenge 7: How can we transform cultural diversity into valuable resources at home?
Diversity is a word that can be interpreted in many different ways. One thing is for sure : being diverse is a good accessory due to the world becoming closer and closer.
We started class by mixing nationalities in groups of four.
Our goal for the agenda:
- understand key concepts related to cultural diversity
- classify multicultural learning environments using James Bank's model
- argue own viewpoint on how and why to establish multicultural learning environments for children
- use teaching methods designed for multicultural learning environment
Each group were given a picture with animal creatures (monkeys) on but there was 1 who looked different from the other three. There was an empty bubble that we had fill with what we thought they said.
My group guessed: ''What kind of creature is that!?''
The real writing in the bubble was something like this: ''I am sorry George but you are too different we cannot accept you''
Mindmap about diversity:
Way of thinking
nationalities
personality
religion
behaviour
social classes
education/job
multicultural
political beliefs
language
traditions
looks
difference
It is a teachers responsibility to include each and every student despite their differences. The students HAVE to have a working-relationship and that does not mean that they have to have a friendship
We saw a short movie called ''New Boy''
Questions to the short movie :
1) What does this have to do with diversity?
- the pupils seemed to have a lack of knowledge on diversity in cultural matters. Some students seemed to have created a certain wall in between the boy.
- diversity in an intelectual matter - the kid who couldn't solve the math task on the board, the geek (girl), though guy, kids life in africa - way of teaching, way of behavior,
2) old-fashioned and not able teach in inspirational and motivating way
3) What could the teacher have done ?
- the teacher should have let the new kid introduced him self.
- make a project about africa before he arrived
- should have let the children asked him questions
