Use the chapter reading material on Student Diversity: Culture, Language, Gender, and Exceptionalities to complete this assignment.
After reading the chapter, read over each of the questions and choose one topic. Provide a detailed and scholarly summary response to your chosen topic below.
- Define the term culture. Explain how culture, cultural diversity and ethnicity influences learning., What multicultural approaches can educators use to enhance students learning and demonstrate culturally responsive teaching?,
- Describe at least three major approaches for helping EL students learn.,
- Explain how gender differences influences school success and how effective teachers respond to these differences.,
- Explain the specifics of PL 94-142 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the guidelines it provides for working with students with exceptionalities.,
- Explain how schools have changed the ways they help meet students with exceptionalities needs and support learners.,
- Explain how federal legislation has identified students for special services., Identify the categories and percentages of students with exceptionalities.,
- Who is Howard Gardner and what were his views on intelligence and learning? Describe and identify Gardner’s theory and the dimensions of intelligence.
- What is emotional intelligence? What are some of the factors associated with mature emotional intelligence and immature emotional intelligence?
- What are learning styles? In at least one paragraph with five or more sentences, explain why it is important to help children identify and recognize their learning style?
- What is an IEP and the components addressed in the IEP?
Summary Paper Guidelines
- Your paper should be submitted online through CANVAS
- Your paper should be APA format typed, double-spaced, and spell-checked with minimal grammatical errors.
- No extra space between paragraphs
- Indent each paragraph
- Your paper must be at least 2 pages in length (Title Page and Reference Page does not count as your 2 pages of content)
- Complete in Microsoft Word
- Add you name, date, course number and assignment name to your document
- Give your paper structure with an opening paragraph, main body, and conclusion.
- The opening paragraph may be brief, about 4 to 5 sentences, but it should offer some overall statement of your perspective based on what you’ve learned
- Include in-text references and a reference page for any materials you cite using APA citation formatting.