chapter 2

Question 1

culture

Answer 1

• knowledge, skills, rules, norms, practices, traditions, self-definitions, institutions (educational, religious etc), language and values
  THAT
  shape and guide beliefs and behaviour, art, literature, folklore, artifacts
• tacit knowledge

Question 1

cultural identity wheel

Answer 1

Question 2

intersectionality

Answer 2

• intersecting social identities that shape us in unique ways
• being a member of multiple social groups can have positive and negative effects

Question 3

prejudice

Answer 3

• rigid and unfair generalizations about an entire category of people

Question 4

stereotype threat

Answer 4

• when individuals are in a situation where a stereotype applies, they confirm the stereotype themselves or in the eyes of others
• worsens performance attention, memory, value, interest, motivation

Question 5

poverty impacting child outcomes
stress

Answer 5

• threats to basic needs and safety
• inability to access goods/services
• stress/depression

Question 6

poverty impacting child outcomes
resources and investments

Answer 6

• availability of resources
• learning opportunities
• parents preferences and values

Question 7

poverty impacting child outcomes
developmental factors

Answer 7

• brain development
• cognitive and emotional control
• anxiety
• prenatal environment

Question 8

resistance culture

Answer 8

• method of coping with inequalities
• to maintain identity and status, rejecting all behaviours that would make them succeed, view any attempt as futile so why try

Question 9

ethnicity

Answer 9

• a group’s shared, common cultural characteristics such as history, homeland, language, traditions, religion
  eg. chinese, french

Question 10

race

Answer 10

• socially constructed category of people who share certain physical characteristics

Question 11

ethnic racial identity

Answer 11

• how people think and feel about their own ethnic and racial groups and the significance/meaning they ascribe to them

Question 12

nigrescence - cross
pre-encounter

Answer 12

ASK IF WE NEED TO KNOW

Question 13

gender schema theory

Answer 13

Question 14

safe environment for LGBTQ+ students

Answer 14

• visible support
• listen
• affirm
• connect to resources
• respect confidentiality
• follow up
• intervene if bullying/harassment

Question 15

social organization

Answer 15

• ways people interact to accomplish a particular goal

Question 16

james banks 5 core dimensions
content integration

Answer 16

• using examples and content from a variety of cultures when teaching a subject
• multicultural education

Question 17

james banks 5 core dimensions
equity pedagogy

Answer 17

• diversify teaching practices to meet the needs of a wide range of learners from different socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic background

Question 18

james banks 5 core dimensions
knowledge construction

Answer 18

• pay attention to how students culture impacts the knowledge construction process

Question 19

james banks 5 core dimensions
prejudice reduction

Answer 19

• focus on teaching practices that help reduce negative attitudes and biases about different cultural groups

Question 20

james banks 5 core dimensions
empowering school culture and social structure

Answer 20

• athletic/counselling programs
• teaching methods
• lessons on prejudice
• etc

Question 21

culturally relevant pedagogy
landon-billings

Answer 21

1. students must experience academic success
2. students must develop/maintain their cultural competence
3. students must develop a critical consciousness to change the status quo

Question 22

sociolinguistics

Answer 22

• study of courtesies and conventions of conversation across culture
• students must understand communication rules, when, where, how

Question 23

cultural discontinuity

Answer 23

• students values, participation structures and learning preferences conflict with mainstream school culture