Project #1

Multicultural Teaching
Mackenzie Wingham

What does this standard mean?

I understand that each student is diverse in many ways including,
but not limited to, his or her background, culture, and community. I
must be sensitive to all of the differences that exist from child to
child in my classroom and use what I know about these differences to
create and strengthen my instruction. I will celebrate learner
differences in my classroom by allowing students to share their
passions, unique abilities, cultural attributes, and more. I will also
provide my students with an inclusive learning environment by
allowing many opportunities for students to relate the content to
themselves in some way through various modes. All of these
approaches together will encourage each student, regardless of his
or her differences, to succeed.

What is inclusive?
ADJECTIVE
including or covering all the services, facilities, or items normally expected or required:
"the price is inclusive, with few incidentals"synonyms: all-inclusive with everything included comprehensive in
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overall full all-around umbrella blanket across-the-board catch-all all-encompassing
(inclusive of)
containing (a specified element) as part of a whole:
"all prices are inclusive of taxes"synonyms: all-inclusive with everything included comprehensive in toto [more]
overall full all-around umbrella blanket across-the-board catch-all all-encompassing
with the inclusion of the extreme limits stated:
"between the ages of 55 and 59 inclusive"
not excluding any section of society or any party involved in something:
"only an inclusive peace process will end the conflict"
(of language) deliberately nonsexist, especially avoiding the use of masculine pronouns to refer to both men and
women.

3) What are some individual differences in students?

Learning styles
Cultural differences
Communication
Lifestyles

4) What are some examples of diverse cultures?

Ethnic
Gender
Racial
Socioeconomic variety in a situation
Institution
Group

5) How do you determine what are high standards?

When you get on an airplane, you want a pilot who has been held to the highest standards of
flight training. When you need an operation, you want a surgeon who has been held to the
highest standards of medical education. And when you root for American athletes in the
Olympics, you know they won't win the gold unless they have trained to meet the highest
standards of international competition.
In many areas of our life, we expect-and demand-high standards. We know their great value.
They help bring out the best in us.
When we do not hold all students to high academic standards, the result can be low
achievement and the tragedy of children leaving school without ever having been challenged to
fulfill their potential.
But a historic change is now taking place in American education: the development of model
standards that will clearly identify what all students should know and be able to do to live and
work in the 21st century. These standards will be designed to be internationally competitive.
The movement to develop standards has already begun. The National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics has prepared mathematics standards, and the U.S. Department of Education is
funding the creation of model standards in the arts, civics and government, economics, English,
foreign languages, geography, history, and science.

References
"Bing." Define Inclusive -. Web. 2 Oct. 2015.
"October 1994." Archived: High Standards for All
Students. Web. 2 Oct. 2015.
Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com. Web. 2 Oct. 2015.
"INTASC Standard #2- Learning Differences." Sarah N
Strange. 19 Sept. 2012. Web. 2 Oct. 2015