Rigor Activities 
Learning Activity 7-A-1
Multicultural Growth
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20 points (15 points for the forum post and 5 for the reply)
In Chapter Six, Howard presents a model for White educators to further understand their identity development in terms of cultural competence. Table 6.1 on page 104 shows the thinking, feeling, and acting of a White educator in each of the different stages. In the text, he adds "changing" to the list.
As we discuss rigor, the lifelong learning of culturally competent teachers, assess your current thinking, feeling, acting, and changing. Use the chart provided in Chapter Six if you feel it provides insight into your current location on the journey. Don't restrict your response to only race; think about all the dimensions of diversity we have addressed so far in this course.
Post your answers to the following questions in the Forum:
- Based on the results from Learning Activity 7-A-1 and from where you think you are on your transformative journey, how are you thinking, feeling, acting, and changing towards cultural competence?
- How have you experienced multicultural growth as a teacher during this course?
- In what areas do you feel you still have room to grow?
- How can these areas of growth benefit your students?
Reply to at least one other post.