Description
Find two scholarly sources into your paper that
highlight the necessity of designing a classroom to meet the needs of
diverse learners. Be sure to align your selection with your chosen
theme. .
Your literature review must include the following:
- An introduction that provides the reader with an understanding of
what research has been completed and why the topic under investigation
is important to early childhood education.
- An explanation of the common ideas or themes in the scholarly sources that you have found.
- An analysis of what you have learned based your research.
- An analysis and discussion of how the research findings translate into real-world classroom application.
- A summary of the information and an explanation of how the information from these articles will impact you in your career.
- An explanation of how your chosen topic is connected to the other
themes that make up overall cultural competence. The four themes to
address are:
- Culturally Relevant Methods
- Anti-Bias Curriculum
- Diverse Family Structures
- Multicultural Education
- Culturally Relevant Methods
The literature review must be four to five pages in length excluding the title page and reference page. The review should be formatted according to APA guidelines.
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: THE CLASSROOM FOR DIVERSE LEARNERS
The Classroom for Diverse Learners
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The Classroom for Diverse Learners
Introduction
In spite of the current efforts by conservative politicians and their supporters to modify
the immigration policies of the United States, the country remains one of the most diverse in the
world. It is home to several minority ethnic groups that are increasing in population and creating
a society where there would be no dominant group or culture by the year 2025 (Hill & Miller,
2013). As other social institutions are grappling with the challenges of accommodating the
various cultural implications of the growing rate of diversity in the country, so are educators
because of the significance of their responsibilities in shaping the moral and intellects of future
generations. It is the imperatives of their duties that necessitated some of the laws and practices
that placed greater emphasis on multicultural education that include culturally-sensitive
curriculum, relevant teaching methods, and most importantly recognition for diverse family
structures (Allday, Neilsen-Gatti, & Hudson, 2013). Therefore, the necessity to design and
manage classrooms that meet the needs of all learners has transcended those associated with
special education to include the ones for English language learners.
The Imperatives of Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners
The social dimension of the teaching profession that defined by the type of learning
environment provided for students is considered by researchers including McLeskey and
Waldron (2011) as the leading source of concern for both new and experienced teachers. They
noted that the classroom has changed from the being just an atmosphere for instructional delivery
to one that requires the management of the huge differences in the language, experiences,
ethnicity, and abilities of the student population. Apart from the social determinants of the
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contemporary classroom in today’s America, there are political and economic dimensions to the
highly diverse nature of the classrooms that study learn today. As Tomlinson et al. (2013) noted,
the imperatives of changing the traditional models to modern ones that recognize diversity are
based on the need for the schools to fulfill their missions of providing the enabling environment
for the attainment of t...
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