I Hear You; Do You Hear Me? - Teaching in a Racially Diverse Classroom

Quiz

Please go back to the sentence that you wrote at the beginning of this tutorial. You were asked to answer the following:

 

What would it mean to teach in a manner that respects and cares for your soul?

 

Do the ideas that you generated on the activity page honor your opinion about respecting a person's soul?

 

Is your statement appropriate when teaching any student?

 

Did you think about what you would have wanted to happen when you were a student?


True and False Questions

 

1. ______ Dr. Tuitt suggests that you think in advance about how you might handle sensitive topics or explosive moments.

 

2. ______ Study groups are not successful in a racially diverse classroom.

 

3. ______ Establish classroom norms in the middle of the semester, once you know the students.

 

4. ______ If a student is silent in class it means that he/she does not know the material.

 

5. ______ Frequent student-faculty contact in and out of class is the most important factor in student motivation and involvement.

 

6. ______ Because of the differences in backgrounds, you should not encourage students to write a lot.

 

7. ______ High expectations are important for everyone--for the poorly prepared, for those unwilling to exert themselves, and for the bright and well motivated.

 

8. ______ All students, from all backgrounds, races, and cultures need frequent opportunities to perform and receive suggestions for improvement.

 

9. ______ Inclusive pedagogy is designed to promote intellectual regurgitation.

 

10.______ Minimal lecturing is an inclusive pedagogical strategy for instruction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers: 1-true, 2-false, 3-false, 4-false, 5-true, 6-false, 7-true, 8-true, 9-false, 10-true

 

 

 

 

 

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