Now that you have been introduced to the broad framework of becoming a culturally competent teacher, it is your challenge to make the connection between differentiating and the prospective impact this concept has in making learning experiences more of a success for students in diverse classrooms. Watch the following video: The video refers to the ideologies of becoming a culturally responsive teacher and explores the Seven Principles of Culturally Responsive Teaching. View the short and informative video, then respond to these questions in relation to the video and your personal experiences in your Discussion Post: Puckett, K (2013). [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/ JCPSEmployee. (2012, September 13). [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IptefRjN4DY (http://www.fortheteachers.org/differentiation_framework/) (http://screencast-o-matic.com/home) (http://voicethread.com) (http://www.voki.com) (http://www.youtube.com Garden City Public Schools. (n.d.). . Retrieved from http://www.gardencity.k12.ny.us/cms/lib8/NY01913305/Centricity/Domain/29/Differentiated%20Instruction%20Brochure.pdf Microsoft Office. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/?CTT=97 Swanson, J. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/how_8536865_make-business-pamphlet.html Tomlinson, C. (n.d.). . Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/books/tomlinson2001_chapter6_errata.pdf Uzayr, S. (2012, March 13). Retrieved from http://sixrevisions.com/tools/top-free-online-blogging (https://drive.google.com/templates?q=newsletter&sort=hottest&view=default#) (http://www.schoolrack.com) (http://education.weebly.com) (http://wordpress.org) Week 1 Welcome to the FIRST week of class- . To start the week, think about a time when you felt ‘different’ or left out. Where were you? What were you doing? Was anyone else involved? Why did you feel this w
ay? If something or someone changed the environment, would your feelings have changed? Now think about your future classroom (or current classroom) full of students from various backgrounds, with unique life experiences, multiple religious affiliations, and with a wide range of learning abilities, skills, talents, strengths, and areas of need. With all this diversity, providing classroom instruction using only one teaching technique such as lectures or visual presentations has the potential to cause students to feel left out or different from their peers. The first week of class we will look at which is a foundation for differentiated instruction. Piaget, as described by Von Glaserfeld (1982), defines constructivism as a process by which students learn by constructing knowledge for themselves. In this theory, students don’t really learn just from hearing or reading something. They must make that new information fit into their own set of experiences and prior learning and thereby construct new knowledge. This theory makes sense when we think about the idea of context, or how things become more important when they are placed in a context that helps us to learn and remember things. There is a webpage of examples to help you create a constructivist classroom that you are strongly encouraged to explore (Murphy, 2009) on your own; however, here is a brief summary of suggestions provided: Kohn, A. (1996). . Alexandria, Va.: ASCD. Murphy, E. (1997, June 1). Characteristics of constructivist learning & teaching. . Cockroft, B. (2014, June 10). Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=nQKu3lDOsyo8cE Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (1995). . Retrieved from http://www.sedl.org/scimath/compass/v01n03/1.html Von Glaserfeld, E. (1982). . (4), 612-635. Retrieved from http://www.univie.ac.at/constructivism/EvG/papers/077.pdf Purchase the answer to view it