Module Seven Overview

Crossroads: Rigor, Relationship, and Responsiveness

This module allows us to take a closer look at the benefits of knowing ourselves, our students, and our practice in authentic ways. What does this new knowledge mean to us as culturally competent educators?

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.
• Explain the components and levels of culture and how culture is addressed in current classrooms.
• 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.
• 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.
• Use metacognitive and self-assessment skills to improve cultural competence.