Diversity Track
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - Friday, May 4, 2012
In their book, Diversity & Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching in College (2009), Margery Ginsberg and Raymond Wlodkowski suggest that "culturally responsive teaching occurs when there is respect for the backgrounds and circumstances of students regardless of individual status and power, and where there is a design for learning that embraces the range of needs, Â interests, and orientations in a classroom." Culturally responsive teaching is respectful of different cultures and is capable of creating a common culture that all individuals in a learning situation can accept. Culturally responsive teaching attempts to:
- Establish inclusion
- Develop attitude
- Enhance meaning
- Engender competence
For students, learning in an environment that is culturally responsive may foster or enhance intrinsic motivation.
The purposes of the Diversity Track of the 2012 Summer Faculty Development Conference are to explore the relevance of culturally responsive teaching as it relates to the 21st-Century college student and to develop materials for faculty members to rely on as they create learning environments that are respectful of all students. Dr. Margery B. Ginsberg from the University of Washington-Seattle will assist Diversity Track participants as they learn about the basic tenets of culturally responsive teaching, with the ultimate goal being the creation of classrooms where human diversity is understood and valued as being beneficial.
