Deck 4: The Student and the Teacher: Acknowledging Unique Perspectives

Question 1

Kaamil recently moved from India to start second grade in the United States.Neither his mother nor father speak any English, so Kaamil is not very fluent in English.The school environment seems very different than the one he knew in India.Which multicultural paradigm describes Kaamil's situation?

A)Stereotypical model
B)Cultural deprivation model
C)Assumptions of students
D)Transformation approach

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is a stereotypical personality trait for girls?

A)Active
B)Considerate
C)Competitive
D)Independent

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Kiki lives in a suburban community with many amenities.Her family is considered to have a high socioeconomic status.Which demographic characteristic helps place Kiki's family in a high-SES?

A)Her parents are very busy and do not have time to be involved with her education
B)Her parents do not expect her to go to college
C)Her parents take her to museums, zoos, and other stimulating experiences
D)Family income is at the poverty level

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Mathew's family lives below the poverty level.According to research, what may be an expectation of Matthew in school?

A)Slower to develop basic skills
B)High literacy level
C)Low level of stress
D)Deficiency needs met

Question 5

Jennifer is a student in your class.How can you make sure she receives the same opportunities in your class as Charles?

A)Provide gender appropriate material to each student.
B)Provide extra time for Jennifer to complete assignments.
C)Call on Jennifer more frequently than Charles.
D)Involve Jennifer and Charles equally in the classroom.

Question 6

Several states including California and Arizona, favor which Bilingual education approach?

A)Developmental bilingual education
B)Transitional bilingual education
C)English immersion program
D)English deficiency program

Question 7

By creating a classroom of tolerance and acceptance among all students, you can make sure you promote what type of attitude?

A)Educational equity
B)Sexism
C)Classism
D)Homophobia

Question 8

How is the "majority culture" currently defined in the United States?

A)Asian male
B)Christian female
C)Urban heterosexual
D)White male

Question 9

Are public schools obligated to provide access to a meaningful curriculum to English language learners? Why or Why not?

A)No.Tenth Amendment provides power to states in the area of education
B)No.Schools only need to treat all the students the same
C)Yes.Civil Rights Act
D)Yes.U.S.Supreme Court case Lau v.Nichols

Question 10

One in every four children under the age of five in the United States is in a home where a language other than English is spoken (Lee, Lee, and Amaro-Jimenez, 2011).Besides English, what is the most common language in the US?

A)Chinese
B)Arabic
C)Spanish
D)Russian

Question 11

Daniel is a gay teenager in your class.How can you provide a positive environment in your class so that he can achieve his full potential?

A)Treat him like everyone else and ignore the teasing by other students in your class
B)Tell him to not pay attention to the derogatory comments made in the hallways and do nothing further
C)Create an atmosphere where harassment of any kind is not tolerated and he feels accepted
D)Do not acknowledge his sexual orientation

Question 12

Research shows that boys are better in which areas?

A)Math and spatial skills
B)Language and social skills
C)Writing and memory
D)History and organization skills

Question 13

Two women are shopping in a store and begin to pay for their merchandise.The woman who is white pays by credit card and leaves.The other woman is not white and also pays with a credit card but is asked to show further identification.What may explain this discrepancy?

A)Socioeconomic status
B)Cultural difference model
C)White privilege
D)Social justice

Question 14

What may be one reason minority students are disproportionately represented in special education programs?

A)Students do not understand instructions.
B)Students come from broken homes and lack needed prior experiences.
C)Teacher lacks effective communication with students and community.
D)Teacher does not include cooperative learning methods.

Question 15

Lee (2012) suggests five ways teachers can promote an antiracist classroom where there are high expectations for all students.What is NOT an approach?

A)Treat everyone exactly the same regardless of race
B)Read
C)Do not ignore race
D)Seek out established community organizations

Question 16

During Black History month, Ms.Murdock displays a bulletin board dedicated to African American achievements.Her students also study African American history over the month.What is Ms.Murdock's approach to multicultural education?

A)Cultural relevancy
B)Contribution approach
C)Transformation approach
D)Cultural mismatch model

Question 17

LGBTQ students face many hurdles in school.Considering Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which needs affect LGBTQ students in achieving their highest potential in school?

A)Physiological needs
B)Aesthetic needs
C)Know and Understand
D)Safety and security

Question 18

A group of people that possesses traits that are inherited and sufficient to characterize the group as a distinct human type.What is this definition?

A)Race
B)Ethnicity
C)Culture
D)Stereotype

Question 19

How do major religions in the U.S.compare to major religions in the world?

A)Dominant religion in the world is Islam
B)Greater percentage of Jews in world than U.S.
C)Greater amount of religious people in U.S.than the world
D)Over half the population in the U.S.is Christian

Question 20

Ruby Payne's work with children of poverty has made major contributions to understanding how to help these children achieve in school.Which is NOT a strategy suggested by Payne to help low-SES children increase achievement levels?

A)Help students establish specific goals.
B)Traditional, teacher-centered approach to teaching
C)Help students evaluate their own performance
D)Teach students how to ask questions about content

Question 21

You want a classroom that embraces multiculturalism.How will the Transformation approach promote the strengths of your diverse students so you will not promote the Cultural deficit model?

Question 22

Title IX provided funds to many schools to promote gender equity in the classrooms.Some of these schools used these funds to implement single-sex instruction.What advantages do you see for single-sex classrooms for students? For teachers?

Question 23

All students have common human needs that must be met in order for them to be successful in their learning.If you have a student living at the poverty level, which levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs are most affected? Provide specific examples.

Question 24

You are teaching in a school located in an area where English is not the predominant language in most homes.What are 3 strategies you can implement to teach students who are English language learners?

Question 25

English language learners come into classrooms with varying degrees of fluency in English.When they are placed in English-only classrooms, even students who are conversationally fluent may fall further behind the mainstream students in their understanding of the concepts.Explain why this can happen and develop a plan for the ELL student.

Question 26

There are several types of multicultural approaches in the classroom.How does the Social Action approach move towards the philosophy of Social Reconstructionism?

Question 27

How can a teacher effectively teach all the different students in his/her classroom?