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Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling
Dr. Rénard HarrisCollege of Charleston
Culturally ResponsiveTeaching
Storytelling
ContentKnowledge
Cultural Competence
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling
Cultural Competence and Content
Resource
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling Method and Strategy Background History:
Title I Schools - After School - 4 to 6 Wks - Once a Wk - 4th Gr. - 6 to 10 students
Fall 133 social studies stories
*Columbian Exchange*Native American groups*American Revolution
3 Science stories
*Water Cycle*Moon Phases*Environmental Change
1 ELA story
*Figurative Language
Spring 141 science story
*Observation, Prediction, and Inference
4 ELA stories
*Main Idea*Academic Vocabulary*Inference and Explicit difference*Non-Informational Text
Fall 14 - Spring 156 science stories
*Scientific Inquiry 4.P.1A.3
*Weather and Climate 4.E.2B.1
*Day/Night 4.E.3B.2
*Movement of Sun/Shadow 4.E.3B.3
*Seasons 4.E.3B.4
*Light 4.P.4A.1
Fall 164 math stories
*Base 10 and addition
*Multiplying onedigit times two digit numbers
*Creating arraysto multiply
*Creating arraysto divide
Examples of Cultural Competence ResourcesEXAMPLES: (fall 16 Math Stories)
FINDINGS
Engaging and fun: Students looked forward to hearing the stories once a week
Preparedness (repetition, independence):students felt prepared for the formative assessment
Problem solving (critical thinking, self-efficacy): Students used the stories as “clues” to understandthe content
Consistency (versatility): Regardless of who the storyteller was, the students knew what to expectweekly
Science and Children Summer 2016 Volume 53 Number 9 p.64-68
Method and Strategy
1. Cultural Competence
Areas to Strengthen:
cultural knowledgeavoiding trivializingavoiding essentialism
Areas of Strength:
knowledge relational patternsknowledge of valuesknowledge of traditionscongruency
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling
Method and Strategy1. Cultural Competence
*Heightened Awareness*Ongoing notes: relational patterns, values, traditions
EXAMPLE:
close relationship with mother
mother shares positive stories
about his father
Education isimportant to the family
past storiesof how to deal withconflict
2. ContentKnowledge
Areas to Strengthen
ethnic imbalanceclass disparitiescultural accuracy
Areas of Strength
consistencyvalidation
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling
• In the morning, the Sun appears low in the sky; objects cast long shadows.
• As Earth rotates, the Sun’s appears higher in the sky, and the shadows get shorter.
• At noon, with the Sun overhead, objects cast short shadows or no shadow at all.
• As Earth continues to rotate and the Sun appears lower in the sky toward evening, the shadows get longer again.
2. Content Knowledge
Method and Strategy
3. StorytellingAreas to Strengthen
claritypurposeexplicitness
Areas of Strength
connectionsvibrancypreparednessself-efficacy
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling
close relationship with mother
mother shares positive stories
about his father
Education isimportant to the family
past storiesof how to deal withconflict
• In the morning, the Sun appears low in the sky; objects cast long shadows.
• As Earth rotates, the Sun’s appears higher in the sky, and the shadows get shorter.
• At noon, with the Sun overhead, objects cast short shadows or no shadow at all.
• As Earth continues to rotate and the Sun appears lower in the sky toward evening, the shadows get longer again.
3. Storytelling
Method and Strategy
BE CREATIVE!
BRAINSTORM!
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling
4. Cultural Competenceand Content
Resource
Areas of Strength
personalintentional
Areas to Strengthen
time consuming
past storiesof how to deal withconflict
A resource that teaches and reminds the student about:
*Sun*Shadows*Size of Shadows *Dealing with conflict (culture)
Culturally Responsive
Teaching
Areas of Strength
embraces differencescultural validationmindset builds on assetsi.d./ acknowledges student’s roots(students become more than visitors)
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling
Areas to Strengthen
applicationtest score effectmethods and strategiespolitical consciousnesshigh expectationscultural competence
1. Cultural Competence2. Content Knowledge3. Storytelling4. Cultural Competence Resource
Method and Strategy
are having writer’s block modify one of Aesop’s Fables to ge
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling
Q and A
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