Learning Log

What?
Today we talked about group differences. We started out talking about Cultural and Ethnic differences. Some differences include; language and dialect, talking v. silence, eye contact, personal space, questions. waiting v. interrupting, public private, views about testing, and family relationships; and many others. Accommodating these differences in your classroom is very important, because a student might be struggling with something due to some of these cultural differences. We talked about making your classroom more multicultural. In order to make your classroom multicultural you must know your own culture and then you can learn to adapt and incorporate others values and beliefs. We also talked about gender differences, and we debated on same gender classroom and I was all for the idea.

So What?
All of of these group differences are very important. Knowing the differences help me as a teacher become more accepting and willing to compromise. Having a multicultural class helps students who are different feel like they belong there and have a purpose. Knowing gender differences is important so I can accommodate for the differences and give the student the best experience possible.

Now What?
Now that I know that there are going to be differences in the classroom I can learn to accommodate for those differences. I can also learn my own cultural and others, so I can become like a round table and know many cultures and integrate them into my classroom.