Question

Read the article, Interculturalism: Addressing Diversity in the Early Childhood Classroom and answer the following questions:

List at least two attributes of an intercultural classroom:

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List at least two learning materials or practices you would find in an intercultural classroom or space:

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List at least three teaching strategies you would find in an intercultural classroom:

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Please answer the following questions with a minimum of three sentences:

1. Does your childcare program reflect any of these developmentally appropriate practices? Which ones?

2. Describe one thing your center could be doing better to reflect more intercultural practices. (If you do not work in a childcare setting, you can reflect on any interaction, practice, or space where children are.)

Answer 1

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Two attributes of intercultural classroom

1- Content integration is a key feature in multicultural education and refers to the ways in which a teacher will use ideas from a range of cultures or ethnicities to describe a concept. An example of this may be when the teacher brings an ethnic minority hero or heroine into the discussion as an example of whatever is being taught.

2 -The knowledge construction process teaches students to understand how knowledge is understood and interpreted within different cultural groups. This characteristic of multicultural learning helps students identify how knowledge is a reflection of a certain culture's experience and value system. It helps students to deconstruct this knowledge system and build knowledge themselves.

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Two practices at intercultural classroom

1- studend are taught to understand and process in different ways according to their cultural upbringing.

2- given a problem student from different cultural are expected to suggest wide array of solution.

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Three teaching strategy in intercultural classroom

1. Promote Cooperative Learning

Break with the traditional classroom setting and rearrange your classroom environment. Encourage students of mixed abilities to work together by promoting small group or whole class activities while watching and discussing the film or series clip. The cooperative learning environment encourages students to actively assimilate and process the new information, while cross modeling it with fellow classmates

2. Support Inquiry-based Instruction

Ask thought-provoking questions which inspire your students to think for themselves and become more independent learners. Encourage them to ask questions and investigate or research their own ideas. This will help them to improve and further develop their problem-solving skills, as well as gain a deeper understanding of intercultural issues and interpersonal concepts.

3. Focus on Linguistic, Sociolinguistic and Pragmatic Skills

When planning intercultural syllabus, incorporate exercises that are based on linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic skills development. When placing emphasis on these areas, students become more aware of the non-verbal features of spoken language and the importance or influence of body language.

By adopting this strategy, they are also encouraged to explore the different elements of another culture and the correlation between language, identity and culture, while negotiating meaning in dealing with difficult situations (social conventions or living conditions, for instance) and differing points of view or perspectives.

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Yes my childcare program includes co operative learning this encourage children to work together and this leads verbally expressing their ideas and responding to others, your students will develop their self-confidence, as well as enhance their communication and critical thinking skills which are vital throughout their entire personal and professional life.

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Things center should do to improve intercultural practice

Rearrange the classroom layout periodically help student build relationships with other students also . This simple but effective task lead to mixing of culture and remove the cultural barrier from student.

This also prevent from culture based friend groups in class. Rather a mixed intercultural group among student in created..