Monday, March 9, 2015

Making Connections: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

Making Connections: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain



Edutopia/Elena Aguilar/Feb. 25,2015



Making Connections: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain



Key Points:



Being Culturally Responsive is simply a process that a teacher goes through learning the "cultural capital and tools" students of color bring to the classroom.  Teachers can mirror these tools in their classrooms thereby increasing learning. It is suggested that teachers use tools such as music, repetition, physical manipulation, etc to reach the students. The neuroscience comes to play in the recognition that there is a connection between stress and cognition.  Culture is also the software used to program our brains. Our parents cultural values and learning processes are transmitted to us and guide how the brain wires itself to process information.



Intended Audience: Teachers, Administration



Relevance: This is a highly relevant article since our classrooms are made up of many different cultures.  In the article it says that minorities are now the majorities in our schools and we need to be able to understand and use this in our teaching.

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