For this assignment, you will complete a journal entry reflecting on diversity and your role in creating an inclusive environment.
To complete this assignment, reflect on the various types of diversity
Watch: TED Talk The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (opens in a new window)
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
This assignment will provide a first step in self-reflection to help you establish your role as a teacher in creating an inclusive environment.
This assignment fulfills:
- Module Outcome 1: You will have identified various areas of student diversity and the impacts that diversity has on classrooms, schools, and teaching.
- Student Learning Outcome 1: You will have researched current issues in birth-grade 12 education.
- Student Learning Outcome 3: You will have explained the role of the federal government in public and private education and how it relates to state and local government and school boards.
The Assignment
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- Identify various areas of student diversity that you feel most likely to encounter in your future classroom.
- In your opinion, what impacts might those areas of diversity have on your classroom?
- Specifically, focus on your role as a teacher and your responsibility to create an inclusive environment for all students and share some at least five ideas you plan to implement to help create an inclusive environment
