Description
Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Strategies
Read the articles “10 Effective DAP Teaching Strategies” and “Culturally Responsive Classroom Strategies.” In addition, view the Culture in the Classroom website and the Lisa Delpit Interview article.
After reviewing the required resources, identify and discuss three
challenges involved with ensuring that teaching strategies are
appropriate for culturally diverse children. Then, discuss these
cultural challenges in the classroom using one sociological perspective
(i.e., functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, etc.)
and another relevant perspective, such as Piaget’s preoperational stage
of development. Finally, identify and discuss how the challenges related
to differences in culture may be addressed by a teacher in a way that
increases the child’s cognitive advancement and academic success.
You must use at least three scholarly sources other than the textbook
and required resources for this assignment. The paper must include a
summary of each of the challenges identified and each of the remedies to
those challenges. In addition, you must include an explanation of the
cultural challenges in the classroom using one of the sociological
perspectives and Piaget’s theory of the preoperational stage of
cognitive development.
Criteria:
- Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length, not including title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
- Must include at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook and required resources.
- Must include, on the final page, a reference list that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
- Must be well organized and reflect college-level writing.
Explanation & Answer
Please check attachments for required work
Conflict theory proposes that different social groups in society possess different amount
of material goods. This concept is well seen in the public vs private school system. Focusing
mainly on the public school education and the disparity between social group’s leads to the
understanding of how educators are able to be culturally diverse. The idea of a cultural diverse
classroom is not to produce compliance but rather to give equal opportunity to each student.
Conflict theory proposes that the use of standardized testing furnishes a social inequality. This is
because the school resources vary. Lower socioeconomic status also effects student ability to
perform on these test. These students may not have a familialsupport system with regard to
school related activities. For example the parents may be unable to help their child with
homework or encourage their child to study. If a child attends a wealthy school district the
educators may be able to accommodate these students. However, if these students go to a school
that lacks funding or is overcrowded these students may go through the system without receiving
the proper support. These students will h...