Hi

viernes, 10 de agosto de 2012

Multiculturalism


Analysis of multicultural elements in a children’s story…


“Multicultural children’s literature is about the sociocultural experiences of previously underrepresented groups. It validates these groups’ experiences, including those occurring because of differences in language, race, gender, class, ethnicity, identity, and sexual orientation.”
The 18th and 19th centuries saw travel and adventure stories as people began to discover new lands, foray into new fields, and communicate with new cultures and peoples. Hence this era saw books for children such as Gulliver’s Travels and the Grimms’ Fairy Tales, collected and written by the brothers Grimm, two German brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, whose collection is largely about central Europe and life during that time.
The idea of teaching children literature,  however, advocates for an approach that integrates multicultural children’s literature throughout the day, throughout your degree,  the school year, and at all times, for all types of lessons. 

Teachers must provide lessons that reach a culturally diverse population and honor the cultural heritage of all students. School-wide programs enable teachers to work together to create an atmosphere where everyone feels honored and accepted, no matter what their cultural heritage or primary language.
First, I want to invite you to watch this video in order to recognize and allow for differences in how each culture expresses respect and relates to others



Then, you must check another video to have a general idea. 
Now, write your main ideas in a children literature worksheet. You can check some of them out here: 
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/
Finally I would like to read your comments in my blog...Go ahead...Welcome to my place! 

25 comentarios:

  1. Este comentario ha sido eliminado por el autor.

    ResponderEliminar
  2. These videos are very interesting, because they helps you to motivate as a teacher for children. Multiculturalism is really important beacause you must take into account the differences between all the students. The most importants words and phrases for me were "diversity" and "To avoid stereotypes of a group". It is a challenge to be a good teacher.
    BY: Angela Rubiela Lozada

    ResponderEliminar
  3. Este comentario ha sido eliminado por el autor.

    ResponderEliminar
  4. During Our class, I think is so important thinks over, which is the goal to teach to children literature, to take into account how improve the ability of them to change their context. Hence as a great teacher you need to be better to change their learning and they get a better style life

    ResponderEliminar
  5. I think multiculturalism is important for children literature because it involves all the aspects in order to the students want to participate.

    Also, I agree with the idea about the feelings have to be within children literature because, we as teachers have to take into account it is not about knowledge.

    ResponderEliminar
  6. Este comentario ha sido eliminado por el autor.

    ResponderEliminar
  7. We are in a huge and interesting world. Maybe everyone would like have the opportunity to know many things about it, but that is a hard work. The literature is an excellent way to learn about our world and to teach the others to enjoy the life. The words are powerful and is our decision to do it or continue in the same place.

    ResponderEliminar
  8. In my opinion the videos were pretty intersting because those are topics that must be reflectioned by us in order to create a better enviroment in our classroom as teachers.

    ResponderEliminar
  9. If we were all the same, with the same characterists and the same thoughts, I think it could be boring, as a teacher we must respect the difference and make it interesting and take advantage¡¡¡

    ResponderEliminar
  10. In My opinion I think both videos are terrific and so useful for the assignment,furthermore videos talk about best form of teaching literature for everyone can join in.

    ResponderEliminar
  11. Actually, it's necesary we know more about generation and culture, because the society has been changing and as teachers we have to answer the students needs.Finally I consider these videos are an excellent example of multiculturalism.

    ANGIE VIVIANA TORRES

    ResponderEliminar
  12. These videos remember us, that literature is important for to learn about cultures, feelings and different aspect of the live and we can take these material for teaching to different students.
    Mevis Marimon

    ResponderEliminar
  13. The English learning is a great experience for teachers, nowdays we have many possibilities to teach a second language , the literature is a usefull tool for us and we can teach and learn trought the literature but we can't learn nothing if we dont fell each word into the language, for this reason the multiculturalism is so important, like teachers we have to know differences between cultures and countries.

    ResponderEliminar
  14. Actually I found the videos very good, because as teachers we must know everything about every culture existing at the time to teach not to make any type of discrimination.

    ResponderEliminar
  15. I liked your blog because I think it is important that we as future teachers aware that education is a tool for bringing together different cultures, To promote tolerance, knowledge of the other, the recognition of all as equals, without distinction of race, religion, nationality, etc. . In an increasingly globalized world, where the media let us know places, people, life forms that before we didn't know, it is essential to respect the difference, and it is here where literature plays an important role also as a means of communication.

    ResponderEliminar
  16. clearly, multiculturalism is one of the most important tools for us because with it, we can generate the changes that our society ask us, because if we understand that nothing and noone is similar to other, we are going to change the paradigms that until today have not hallowed to get or find the corrects way and get better our education, in other hand multiculturalism give us the opportunity first of all of require ourselves day by day for to improve our capacities, skills and abilities as teachers due to variety of thoughts and secondly the ease of learning with places, people and thoughts of most developed countries, and thus compete with other teachers and students in today's world.

    ResponderEliminar
  17. these videos showed that the Students are interested in learning more about other people and other cultures. The result of greater emphasis in multicultural education could be greater tolerance among students, fewer negative attitudes, and fewer prejudices with the result being better social relations between students from different cultural backgrounds.

    ResponderEliminar
  18. Teachers must explain their ideas in proper way to provide a well rounded the children education through diverse materials, use didactics and multicultural lesson plans that encourage knowledge students learning.

    ResponderEliminar
  19. Implementing multiculturalism topics and activities in our classes turns out to be a very effective and esay way to show the students how english is more than a language, how english is lived. It is a culture that has been built up throughout the ages, if our students know how other cultures live and express, surely, they are going to have an enriching learning process.

    ResponderEliminar
  20. Actually, it's necesary we know more about generation and culture, because the society has been changing and as teachers we have to answer the students needs.Finally I consider these videos are an excellent example of multiculturalism.

    ResponderEliminar
  21. The appropiation of the meaning of Multiculturalism in the classroom, could be an excellent way to develop all possible strategies with the students to express their culture, enhance the differences among us and most important what we can learn about it. Denote why all this differences permit us recognize the value of diversity, learn one by anothers and let out the stereotypes that ourselves establish.

    ResponderEliminar
  22. i love english 4 children

    ResponderEliminar
  23. This videos showed that Literature is a powerful vehicle for helping children understand their homes, communities and the world. Even before young children can read themselves, family members, childcare providers and teachers are reading them stories about other children in far-away places, sometimes from the distant past, or about children whose lives are not unlike their own. The impressions and messages contained in these stories can last a lifetime. Even in this era of "virtual" experience, the reading of children's books remains one of the most personal, in that the literary experience is shaped by the interaction of reader.

    ResponderEliminar
  24. It is important that as future teachers keep in mind that there are many cultures and ways of thinking and living, are one when it comes to learning and that we have the tools to properly teach children and young people not to forget their culture.

    ResponderEliminar
  25. Multiculturalism is important in classroom because all kind of students need to be included and considered from they diversity, race , disability , way of thinking , believers. and so on . Teachers should promote this approach of learning in class what for all students get most out of the best of themselves .

    ResponderEliminar

Write your ideas here...!