ERIC Number: EJ1376658
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 6
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Classroom Vignettes Shed Light on Cultural Competence
Baker, Aaliyah; Weisling, Nina F.
Learning Professional, v43 n6 p36-41 Dec 2022
Every student deserves to be seen, included, understood, and celebrated. For that to happen, teachers need to be culturally competent. Cultural competence is best built through reflecting on and discussing real-world experiences. Classroom vignettes support this difficult but important work. This article shares three fictional classroom vignettes that explore several related aspects of teaching and learning that contribute to whether classrooms are equitable, culturally responsive environments, including school culture, language, and curriculum. It also shares reflection prompts to help educators think about whether and how the people in the vignettes embody cultural competence and begin to explore where they are in developing their own cultural competence. The vignettes and reflection prompts are useful for educators in multiple roles as well as professional learning facilitators in their work with teachers and leaders.
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Equal Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Racism, Aggression, Racial Discrimination, Vignettes, Culturally Relevant Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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