Looking back at one of my first wall posts, which I wrote towards the end of August, I am able to read what I had hoped to take away from this class. I am very happy to say that I have indeed taken away even more than I had hoped to from this class. I said that I “wanted to learn more about different cultures and how to teach them to children without talking too much about stereotypes and without offending anyone of different cultures.” I have definitely learned a lot about different cultures and have become very aware of different stereotypes and generalizations. I also used to think those two words, stereotypes and generalizations were the same thing and I now know the difference between them. From the article written by Carlos E. Cortes, “Helping Students Understand Stereotyping, ”I learned that generalizations tend to use or imply such words as some, many, occasionally and most. Stereotyping tends to use or imply all or almost all when dealing with certain groups or group members” (Cortes, 6). I know now not only the difference between the two words but understand when and how to use them.
I also wrote in that same beginning post that I wanted …”to learn how to create an open minded, comfortable classroom environment that allows my students to be open to new ideas and different cultures than their own.” I think that this class has really shown a positive example of how a classroom should be ran. I think that our classroom environment has been very comfortable and has allowed most students to expand their knowledge on many different cultures. I have learned so much about different religions, cultures, orientations, and cross-culture relationships. I have taken away so much from this class and feel that I am now even more open-minded than I was before taking this class. I have learned to be more sensitive towards different stereotypes and feel that I can teach and show my future students how to be as well. I am very glad I took this class and have enjoyed it. Thank you for showing me, a future teacher, how to conduct an open and comfortable classroom.
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I agree with a lot of what you said in this post Jenna. This class wasvery good for giving us an introduction and example of how we can introduce and talk about issues of diversity in our classrooms, no matter who our students are. I went to a school when I was young that was all white people and I feel like I missed out on a lot of learning and understanding that could have been going on, even at such a young age. Diversity in my school involved learning about Martin Luther King Jr. during black histor month. As a future teacher, I hope that no matter where I end upI will not replicate my experiences for my students. Just as Jenna said, I hope that my classroom will be much like ours was in 448 so that the students will be comfortable with learning and talking about issues they may not know much about, or may not be entirely comfortable with discussing.
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