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This is the value of the teacher, who looks at a face and says theres something behind that and I want toreach that person, I want to influence that person, I want to encourage that person, I want to enrich, I want to

call out that person who is behind that face, behind that color, behind that language, behind that tradition,behind that culture. I believe you can do it. I know what was done for me.

-Maya Angelou

The Motivational Framework for Culturally Relevant Teaching*

Attitude

Choiceand

Personal Relevance

Inclusion

Respectand

Connectedness

Competence

Authenticityand

Effectiveness

Meaning

Challengeand

Engagement

*Source: Adapted from Ginsberg & Wlodkowski (2009, p.34).

Routines and rituals arepresent.Respectful learning andinteractions occur.Students are comfortable.The teacher treats allstudents respectfully andfairly.Students lives andcultures are represented.

Classes are taught withstudents experiences,concerns, or interestsin mind.Students make choicesrelated to learning thatinclude experiences,needs, values, andstrengths.Students are able tovoice their opinions.

There are clear criteriafor success.Grading policies are fairto all.Performances anddemonstrations have real-world connections.Assessment takes intoaccount studentsperspective; there aremultiple ways to reachstandards.

Student participation isactive; they arechallenged.Questions go beyondfacts and encouragedifferent points ofview.The teacher builds onwhat students know.The teacherrespectfullyencourages high-quality responses.

Culturally Responsive Teaching

*Source: Adapted from Ginsberg (2011,).

Culturally responsive teaching means instruction that builds on students strengths to:o Create inclusive learning environmentso Align practices to support intrinsic motivation among diverse student groupso Engage teachers in within their own classroom contexts in examining instructional

practices that support or dampen student motivation across cultural groups.Does not bracket human beings according to narrow or prescribed characteristics.A strengths-focused orientation to teaching and learning is foundational to student successwithin and across demographically diverse student groups.

Students concentration, imagination, effort, and willingness to learn are powerfullyinfluenced by how they feel about the setting they are in, the respect they receive from thepeople around them, and their ability to trust their own thinking and experiences.Motivation is foundational to learning; students who feel unsafe, unconnected, anddisrespected are often unmotivated to learn.Students are most highly motivated to learn when they feel included (respected in thelearning group), have a positive attitude (find the subject relevant), can make learningmeaningful (find learning engaging and challenging), and are becoming competent (effectiveat what they value).Instruction from an intrinsic motivational perspective respects and responds to diversity.