Multicultural awareness: Language, liteacy and strategies for the diverse classroom
Presentation
Overview
Overview
Description
This session illustrates how language is implicated in perpetuating the status quo in the classroom and emphasizes the importance of language awareness for students, teachers, and others in the community of the school. It illustrates how teachers can use multicultural literature in the classroom to inform and transform children's beliefs, understandings, and perceptions of diversity, and identifies criteria for the selection of multicultural literature.
