Cultural Paper

The paper that I am working on for the simulation is cultural responsiveness with children and educators. The first paper that I researched explored how teachers can be more culturally responsive even before they set foot in the classroom. This article was interesting because the teachers were in the first semester in their senior year of college, they were all dual majors and all European American. When the project was designed it was to expose teachers to others cultures because there was to much superficiality in the classrooms when it came to this matter. It was really nice because it was centered were the teachers would most likely become employed. This project also focused around literature included were a folktale, a historical fiction novel and one realistic novel.

The next paper that I read focused on cultural responsiveness and using a Early Childhood Ecology Scale (ECES). Ecology is “the study of the interaction with people and their environment”(retrieved from dictionary.com) The teachers used this observation form to observe the classrooms. The teachers were then able to reflect and engage more with the students after evaluating them. The self assessments of the teachers were later compared to the classroom observations.

The article that I read was about enhancing the environment of a child of changing demographics. Because of the diversity of the backgrounds there is often a lack of communication in cultural awareness. This being said, in order to be more socially competent as a teacher it is crucial that we are aware of the child's surroundings through out the day. We need to utilize the child's strength by being aware how we are interacting with the child on a daily basis. This involves cognitive as well as social and emotional.

I am not sure if I am on the right path with this or picked to broad of a topic. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.