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Teaching a Diverse Classroom

Teaching a Diverse Classroom

NEA has established this page to help educators integrate multicultural and diversity education into the K - 12 classroom experience. The following resources consist of NEA Web pages with information about multicultural and diversity education, books for multicultural educators, and web sites containing multicultural education curriculum.

Appreciating and Valuing Diversity Diversity in the classroom defined What can teachers do to encourage, value, and promote diversity? Having a diverse group of students simply means recognizing that all the people are unique in their own way. Their differences could consist of their reading level, athletic ability, cultural background, personality, religious beliefs, and the list goes on.

ISSUE: The diversity of students in today's classrooms underscores the importance of developing curricula, teaching strategies, and policies to help all students succeed in school. Efforts to welcome, understand, and affirm all students--and to treat their cultural and linguistic backgrounds as equally valid and important--should be reflected in every facet of the school environment.

Appreciating and Valuing Diversity Diversity in the classroom

University of Southern California's article about teaching a diverse Classroom.

Diversity, trends, learning styles, and tips for teaching

discusses what racially diverse classrooms are like and how you can manage to teach such a class

Encouraging diversity in the classroom

Helping English Language Learners in the Classroom From urban to rural settings, most schools are responsible for educating English Language Learners (ELLs). For students who are learning English as a second language, school can represent a formidable daily task, both socially and academically.

Teachers aiming to differentiate learning in their classroom can focus on content, process, and product in giving students opportunities to grow and shine as individuals.

6 tips for teaching a diverse classroom