Module Four Overview

On The Road: Race, Culture, & Language

In Module 4, we will begin to look at some of the issues that pull us in different directions, striving to create a common ground of understanding so that culturally responsive teaching can occur, leading to student success! Module 5 continues the journey by taking a closer look at race, culture, and language. How well we understand our position in these socially constructed groups impacts our ability to name the issues and consequently make change.

At the completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Identify effective practices in multicultural education.
• Reflect on the ways personal life experiences shape expectations about teaching and learning in a diverse society.
• Assess his or her own personal cultural lens and how this lens influences student success in the classroom.
• Develop an informed perspective on the social and political influences on our education system.
• Apply critical thinking skills to a variety of cultural competency concepts.
• Examine the cycle of oppression and the historical implications for oppressed people.
• Identify group memberships and target-agent relationships within the United States.
• Apply data, research, knowledge, experience, and available resources to teaching in a specific situation.
• Examine diversity through multiple perspectives, including race, class, gender, sexual orientation, language, religion, ability, and age.