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THE PRACTICE: Culturally Mediated Instruction - Instruction is characterized by the use of culturally mediated cognition, culturally appropriate social situations for learning, and culturally valued knowledge in curriculum content.
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The Education Alliance at Brown University
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Effects of Sheltered Instruction on the Achievement of Limited English Proficient Students
http://www.cal.org/crede/si.htm
Sheltered instruction is instruction that targets helping limited English proficient students. It includes specific methods to help these students learn course content while learning to understand English. Authorities do not agree what techniques are best or should be considered sheltered instruction. This research project takes on the questions related to sheltered learning.
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Play and Cultural Diversity
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/jeilms/vol15/playandc.htm
The study, "Play and Cultural Diversity" by Michael Rettig of Washburn University in Kansas, features play as a method of bringing about cultural awareness. With classroom populations becoming more culturally diverse, it is necessary for young children to learn about and appreciate the cultures of others. Through play they will be able to develop early understandings.
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Bridging Cultures in Our Schools: New Approaches That Work
http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/bridging/welcome.shtml
This knowledge brief discusses a framework for understanding how teachers' culturally driven values can influence classroom practices and expectations. Problems arise when these values conflict with the values of immigrant and other parents from vastly different backgrounds, thus interfering with parent-teacher communication. The brief includes specific sources of cross-culture conflict and resolution methods.
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Critical Behaviors and Strategies for Teaching
http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-3/critical.htm
The article by Jane Burnette describes certain behaviors and instructional strategies that enable teachers to build a stronger
teaching/learning relationship with their culturally diverse students. Many of these behaviors
and strategies exemplify standard practices of good teaching, and others are specific to
working with students from diverse cultures.
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School Practices To Promote the Achievement of Hispanic Students
http://www.helpforschools.com/ELLKBase/tips/SchoolPracticest
oPromotetheAchievementofHispanicStudents.shtml
This digest, based on Transforming
Education for Hispanic Youth, summarizes Hispanic Dropout Project's recommendations for school practices
and illustrates them with examples from the case studies. Nearly all these
recommendations, while specifically oriented to the needs of Hispanic students, can
improve the education of all students.
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