Teaching Culturally Diverse Students



Teaching culturally diverse students can not be easy for anyone.  There are many steps that teachers can take to help with this process.  They need to learn to appreciate and make room for the students cultures, build realtionships with students and teach students social skills in different environments.  I am a total supporter of having diverse cultures in one classroom.  Not only would this be opening up the minds of the students to other cultures but mine as a teacher as well.  No matter how old we get we will always meet new people who are from different backgrounds that will teach us something.  As a teacher someday I think I will incorporate a project in every class that I teach that helps students understand each other.  This project would include each student sharing something to the class that makes them different and unique.  I think that something like this would really help students understand themselves and understand each other.  Being in a classroom with kids from other backgrounds can really help children understand what other people go through in their lives.