Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain

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For culturally responsive teaching to be effective, a teacher must first learn about ALL cultures of the world first -- every custom, holiday, food, and language.

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False

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Culturally responsive teaching is different than multicultural education and social justice education.

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True

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Culturally Responsive Teaching isn't about diversity training, but about helping STUDENTS reach deeper levels of __________.

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understanding

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Culturally responsive teaching incorporates students' cultural identities and lived experiences as tools for effective instruction.

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True

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When we focus on using __________ as a scaffold, then we're able to leverage students' neural pathways to make learning easier.

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funds of knowledge and students' culture

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Culturally responsive teaching is grounded in social and cognitive __________.

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neuroscience and brain research

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In order to create a learning environment CONDUCIVE to all students learning, we need to LOWER STRESS by _________________.

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building relationships and getting to know students

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Culturally responsive teachers should ignore the cultural orientation we call "collectivism" and just teach with an individualistic mindset.

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False

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Culturally Responsive Teaching is ...

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a mindset; a way of looking at the world

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We all have the ability to "de-bias" our brains, be aware of ourselves, and learn.

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True