Reflective Reflection In Education

It is amazing how this course has made me realize how important it is to express my own thoughts and concerns. I now realize how other’s judgments matter towards a deeper understanding of your own thoughts. This course has made me knowledgeable of how diversity issues impact our education and how far we are from having a community of equality. In fact, this class has served me by setting a strong foundation in my first year of teaching. In my years of education I had never had critical consciousness on the issues of injustice we face in our country. However, this critical consciousness made me perceive the huge education inequality that we are facing in the 21st century. A key point that really impacted and changed me was the fact that I got to know myself. This class was an

With a diverse growing community, as a teacher one should be aware of the necessities that each culture requires. Teachers who understand and appreciate culturally different strengths and funds of knowledge are more likely to provide enriching and responsive learning environments that praise the children’s cultural differences. In order to be a successful teacher or administrator one should know about all the diverse groups that one might encounter with. With all this in mind I came to understand that in order to teach inequality one should be aware of different cultures and challenge one’s perspective to understand. As any good leader knows, group success hinges on making the best use of people 's unique talents and abilities. My plan as an educator is to transmit and promote a culture of diversity that prepares future citizens for a diverse society. Research suggests that when teachers have had the benefit of multicultural teacher education preparation, they are less likely to embrace cultural deficit views (Kea, "Becoming culturally responsive educators: rethinking teacher education