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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What is it?

Culturally mediated cognition has to do with the ways of knowing, understanding, and representing information within a given culture.

Culturally appropriate social situations (McCarty, Lynch, Wallace, & Benally, l991) have to do with the relationships among students and between teachers and students. These relationships are congruent with the culture of each student.

Culturally valued knowledge has to do with the inclusion of knowledge that is relevant to the student's life.

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