DQ 1

Explain how a teacher's personal beliefs and values affect the classroom climate, management of student groups, and addressing problem behavior.

DQ 2-

How can guidelines and rules in a classroom provide positive behavior supports instead of punishment while teaching students to interact in socially responsible ways?

Objectives:

1. Teacher candidates describe how an individual's abilities, interests, learning environments, and cultural and linguistic factors can be incorporated into the building of learning experiences for those individuals with exceptionalities.

Topic Material:

Textbook1. Behavior Management: Principles and Practices of Positive Behavior Supports

Review chapter 2 and read chapter 3 in Behavior Management: Principles and Practices of Positive Behavior Supports.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/pearson/2013/behavior-management-principles-and-practices-of-positive-behavior-supports_ebook_3e.php

Electronic Resource1. Strategies for Teaching Culturally Diverse Students

Read "Strategies for Teaching Culturally Diverse Students," from the TeacherVision website.

https://www.teachervision.com/teaching-methods/resource/6039.html

e-Library Resource1. Mindful Reflection as a Process for Developing Culturally Responsive Practices

Read pages 28-36 of "Mindful Reflection as a Process for Developing Culturally Responsive Practices," by Dray and Wisneski, from Teaching Exceptional Children (2011).

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2. Educating All Students: Creating Culturally Responsive Teachers, Classrooms, and Schools

Read "Educating All Students: Creating Culturally Responsive Teachers, Classrooms, and Schools," by Brown, from Intervention in School & Clinic(2007).

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Assignment

Reflective Essay

Based on the article, "Mindful Reflection as a Process for Developing Culturally Responsive Practices," prepare a 500-750-word reflective essay. Within your essay, address the following:

• Describe personal frames of reference regarding cultural, linguistic, and gender differences;

• Reflect upon how these differences influence your ability to create a learning environment that respectfully encompasses cultural and other individual differences; and

• Describe specific ways to incorporate your student's abilities, interests, and cultural and linguistic backgrounds into the learning environments.

Support your essay with 3-5 scholarly resources, including the Dray and Wisneski reading.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.