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- Title
APPROXIMATING CULTURAL RESPONSIVENESS: TEACHER READINESS FOR ACCOMMODATIVE, BIOGRAPHY-DRIVEN INSTRUCTION.
- Authors
Murry, Kevin G.; Holmes, Melissa; Kavimandan, Shabina
- Abstract
Although many educators espouse tenets of culturally responsive teaching praxis (CRTP) they struggle to effectively apply it in classrooms. Some teachers are unsure how to address the multifaceted assets and needs of students from various races, ethnicities, and home countries. Other teachers operate from a deficit perspective that emphasizes perceived gaps in knowledge or skills among such learners, with little regard for their prior knowledge, experiences, or ways of knowing (assets). Responding to the needs of both kinds of teachers, Herrera (2010, 2016) developed Biography-Driven Instruction (BDI), a social constructivist method of CRTP that supports educators in making the curriculum accessible, relevant, and rigorous. This phenomenological research investigated teachers' perspectives on BDI use in situ and found both: (a) approximations of mutual accommodation in CRTP and (b) five themes indicative of participant voice regarding BDI effectiveness amidst complex facets of student diversity. Implications for teachers and teacher educators are explicated.
- Subjects
TEACHERS; CULTURALLY relevant education; TEACHER educators; SCHOOL environment; PRIOR learning; TEACHING
- Publication
FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2020, Vol 6, Issue 2, p103
- ISSN
2326-3873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32865/fire202062203