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Blog 6: Kohn (Argument)

Kohn's chart and Culturally Relevant Prodigy video is arguing for the need to understand a students culture and their individuals needs to have a flourishing classroom. When trying to incorporate culturally relavant prodigy, the culture factor is often forgotten about. There is a need to focus on how to connect students to their education with the use of their beliefs, personal experiences, and ideas. Students come into the classroom with their own experiences and schools need to be able to use these as a way to effectively education. These students are trying to learn through the schools cultural lens and if they are unable to personally connect themselves to it, their ability to learn new information will be restricted. 
     Race and ethnicity often times is conflated and will misdirect schools and teachers from understanding what a student needs. This will continue to put these students in a system with a one size fits all method that is known to be ineffective. Being able to break apart cultural experiences and being able to break apart what each student needs will result in more success in the classroom.  
     Kohn briefly lists what is a red flag and what is a green flag in the classroom. This list ranges from the environment itself to the relationship from teacher to student and the differences in students behavior that comes with each. These varying techniques and classroom setups have a complete impact on the students behavior. Students with classes that had more green flags were more engaged, comfortable with their fellow classmates, and show their childlike curiosities more. Factors as small as a little bit of clutter showed a large change in students, showing that there is no over enforcing of rules, but rather letting kids explore and learn in a comfortable place at their pace.
     There was a lot of emphasis on children wanting to feel a connction to the teacher and the ways that this can best happen. It is seen as a good thing for the teacher to be among the students and working with them, rather than pushing a dynamic where the teacher is in the front of the room lecturing in a silent class. Additionally, there was a need for all students to have their own representation and needs met in the class. Putting up everyones work rather than picking the same students work is necessary, as well as providing flexible seating into the classroom can directly improve a childs learning experience. I found these to be very informative and interesting in being able to see how these differences can impact each child. Heres an article by Drexle University and the ways that cultural diversity can be incorporated into the classroom and why it is important! https://drexel.edu/soe/resources/student-teaching/advice/importance-of-cultural-diversity-in-classroom/ Additonally, here is a short video from an Ohio school and how they are ensuring inclusion and diversity in early childhood schools. https://youtu.be/Emhv4t63jyI?si=fR4wAW1ld4DUB90h

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  1. AngieOctober 15, 2024 at 8:02 PM

    I totally agree that student classrooms should be set up in ways where students are able to collaborate and feel comfortable to get help from their peers. It's better to work together instead of working alone because then you don't get to expand your ideas.

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