Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Teaching Profession Standard 2.1. Standard 2 is concerned with the environment for students
learning. Were in 2.1 is related to concepts such as; opportunities for Student to Student
for one another in addition to self-worth as members of society, having activities for students to
get to know each other, and modeling respect and developing acceptance for all cultures and
language etc. I will try to use this standard to press the important of multiculturalism and its use
contradict the preservation and assimilation to one American Culture that is dominant in
Essentialism. I feel most of the components of 2.1 can be used constantly throughout a school
year because it is based on maintaining a healthy diverse classroom environment. This will
require making students understand that it is not okay to look down on other student because of
their background and belief. Also, students need to be provided multiple opportunities to express,
different key cultures, besides the dominate one, that has effected the course of American history.
Stressing such components as the Harlem Renaissance, Native cultural movements i.e. the ghost
dance and A.I.M., the rise of Feminism and other such events. Students will also be encouraged
to share their own experiences of culture that falls under and outside of the dominate culture.
Meanwhile students will be asked to connect their experiences to what they have learned by
incorporating them into group discussions or projects. This will also be expected of any new
understanding or beliefs that students develop while taking the class. It is important that students
critically think about how not including these perspectives would shape the view of inequality
within America. Similarly, they will be asked to keep a lookout for instances of exclusion or
inclusion of different cultural perspective in their daily live, bringing in concrete examples such
as news articles.
Most importantly students will be asked to participate and share in other cultures outside
recreational activity they will be given time to share with their class on Monday. I hope that this
will push students to be active in their community in ways that arent associated with their
normal cultural experiences. Consequently, this may help promote tolerance and a deeper
understanding for other cultural norms. It is vital that students can learn to interact together in a
classroom environment tailored for fairness, equity and respect while also being able to take that
knowledge and apply it to the world around them. If nothing else these traits should be enough to