Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The article by Montgomery discusses how many teachers lack the understanding
of cultures other than their own, causing a negative effect in how their students
learn. She talks about the importance of addressing and accommodating different
material, use of instructional scaffolding, and a diversity self assessment for the
writing and open-ended projects in order to explore topics of interests and how it
relates the lesson to their own lives. The article pointed out different strategies
that could be used in any classroom. I especially liked the diversity self
more diverse.
In the article, Hammel discusses useful tools for an effective classroom. These
include strategies such as knowing the students, and the special education faculty
and staff. She also mentions how to set up a learning environment built for
while being flexible and positive. The article is intended for music classes, but I
successful.
Greenspan, S. (Sep 2005). Inside the Inclusive Classroom. Scholastic Parent &
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The article by Stanley Greenspan is really geared toward the parent’s involvement
in the child’s learning process in the classroom, but explores strategies a teacher
diverse classroom. He also points out key strategies a teacher can use to be more
effective. These strategies include; helping with the transition from one stage to
for greater competency, and problem-solving at their own level. The article also
gives helpful suggestions for parents to support their child’s processing skills. I
feel this is an important article because it explains concepts and ideas a teacher