Culturally Responsive Instruction: Resource List | Colorín Colorado

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Culturally responsive teaching is a research-based approach that “invites students to bring their expertise” (fleming, 2019) by identifying and leveraging student assets that have been historically underserved in schools. here are some resources that provide an overview of crt.

general descriptions: research & resource guides

  • Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Some Key Features (Sonia Nieto)
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching: An Introduction (Brown University)
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching: An Overview (Attendance )
  • Understanding Culturally Responsive Teaching (New America Foundation)
  • 5 Ways Culturally Responsive Teaching Benefits Students (New America Foundation)
  • ¡ but that’s just good teaching! the case for culturally relevant pedagogy (dr. gloria ladson-billings)
  • culturally responsive teaching issues (equity alliance)
  • culturally responsive teaching (northwest education)
  • culturally responsive teaching: celebrating diversity in our schools (nysut)

summaries: articles, blogs and tools

  • basic principles for crt (equity institute)
  • crt in the classroom (equity institute)
  • culturally sensitive guidance tool (equity institute)
  • relevant: beyond the basics (teaching tolerance)
  • teaching towards awareness (edutopia)
  • why carlos went back to school (national association of education)
  • sounds great, but how do I do it? (national education association)
  • teachers’ reflections on being culturally responsive (evolving education)
  • the best resources on “culturally responsive teaching” & “culturally sustainable pedagogy” (larry ferlazzo)

zaretta hammond resources

    resources and worksheets

books

  • The Keepers of Dreams: Successful Teachers of African-American Children (Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings)
  • Culturally Sensitive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice (Dr. Geneva Gay)
  • multiplication is for white people: raising expectations for other people’s children (dr. lisa delpit)
  • finding joy in teaching students from diverse backgrounds (dr. sonia grandson)
  • culturally responsive teaching and the brain: promoting authentic engagement and rigor among culturally and linguistically diverse learners (zaretta hammond)
  • start where you are, but don’t stop there: understand diversity, Opportunity Gaps and Teaching in Today’s Classrooms (Dr. H. Richard Milner IV)
  • Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning: Classroom Practices for Student Success, Grades K-12 (2nd edition) (dr. sharroky hollie)
  • we have this: equity, access, and the quest to be who enes our students need us to be (cornelius minor)
  • managing diverse classrooms: harnessing students’ cultural strengths (dr. Carrie Rothstein-Fisch and Dr. elise trumbull)
  • Unlocking the Potential of English Learners: Strategies for Making Content Accessible (Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner and Dr. Sydney Snyder)

videos and podcasts

  • Successful Teachers of African American Students (Video with Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings)
  • What is ‘culturally competent’ teaching? (week of education)
  • reading a long walk to water with students from yemen (colorín colorado)
  • windows and mirrors: learning about difference and belonging through books ( edutopia)
  • the what and why of culturally responsive instruction for Native American students (ucla cresst)
  • culturally relevant pedagogy in mathematics: a critical need (dr. shelly jones)
  • Situational Appropriateness: Using African American History to Discuss Language Use (Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning)
  • 12 Ways to Make Culturally Responsive Instruction Work in your classroom (larry ferlazzo: bam! radio show)
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key concepts

funds of knowledge

  • funds of knowledge (washington state department of education)
  • matrix of funds of knowledge (washington state department of education)
  • full funds of knowledge (blog tesol)

cultural orientation: collective vs. individual

  • understanding collectivist cultures (very good mind)
  • a new way of thinking about classroom management (ascd)
  • bridging cultures between home and school: a guide for teachers

build relationships and community in the classroom

  • ‘students respect teachers who feel they are respected’ (education week)
  • guess the names of the students (colorín colorado)
  • get to know your ells: six steps to success (colorín colorado)
  • four ways teachers can support students of color (cult of pedagogy)
  • building a classroom of belonging (edutopia)
  • how students can be helped to acquire a multicultural perspective (edutopia)

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classroom resources

culturally sensitive books

  • culturally relevant books in ell classroom (rubric) (colorín colorado)
  • multicultural book awards/resources for diverse books (colorín colorado)
  • why subject diverse classroom libraries (edutopia)
  • creating a diverse library in the classroom (edutopia)
  • author interview: ‘more mirrors in the classroom’ (education week)
  • hearing their voices connect literary and cultural understandings: responses to small group reading alouds of “malcolm x: a fire that burns brightly” (jeane f. copenhaver)

academic language & literacy

  • academic language resources section (colorín colorado)
  • linguistic objectives: the key to effective content area instruction for English learners (colorín colorado)
  • dr julie washington calls for prioritizing reading and linguistics in schools

inquiry and project-based learning (pbl)

  • ells in the science investigation classroom (part 1 | part 2)
  • a wildlife investigation for city kids (edutopia)
  • my first pbl unit: learning from my students (edutopia)
  • inquiry-based learning (edutopia)
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making local connections

  • what is community? (k-2)
  • identity & community: middle school social studies unit (versus history)
  • local history: oral histories, landmarks, and traditions (library of congress)
  • infographics for change (channel of teaching)

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student populations: collections of resources

American Indian/Alaskan Native students

  • ways to become more culturally responsive by engaging American Indian and Alaska Native families (Northwest Education)
  • create a more welcoming and culturally responsive school community by engaging families American Indian and Alaska Native (Northwest Education)
  • Culturally Responsive Instruction for Native American Students (Wested/Cresst)
  • Lessons Learned in Teaching Native American History ( edutopia)
  • exploring culture through art (teaching channel)
  • tips for choosing culturally appropriate books & Resources on Native Americans (colorín colorado)
  • Relearning the stellar stories of indigenous peoples (Science Fridays)

English learners (ELLs)

  • how to create culturally responsive classrooms for them (valentina gonzalez)
  • are you practicing culturally responsive teaching? (valentina gonzalez)
  • equity for english language learners (edutopia)
  • breaking the double standard of bilingualism (zaretta hammond)
  • a hidden language: supporting students who speak Mixteco (colorín colorado)

students with special needs

  • create a welcoming classroom for students with special needs (cult pedagogy)
  • what are my options? facilitating meaningful conversations with families of culturally and linguistically diverse students during the disability referral process (colorín colorado)
  • why are there so many minority students in special education?: understanding race and disability in schools

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professional development and reflection

  • empowering educators through cultural competence (edutopia)
  • preparing for cultural diversity: resources for teachers (edutopia)
  • the deficit model is hurting their students (edutopia)
  • meeting of educators on culture (national education association)
  • reflection activity: identity (teaching tolerance)
  • do the districts really want black teachers? (Education Week)
  • Positive School Climate Toolkit (Minneapolis Public Schools)

fairness issues

  • pedro noguera on 10 ways in which educators can act towards equity (cult of pedagogy)
  • equity versus equality: 6 steps towards equity (edutopia)
  • reflecting on teacher diversity, whiteness and equity: a conversation with kyle schwartz, the teacher behind ‘wish my teacher knew…’ (psychology today)
  • equity versus equity: infographic (equity institute)
  • building equity into your teaching practice (equity institute)
  • equity literacy institute
  • peer-led professional development for Equity and Diversity: A Report for Teachers and Administrators Based on the Results of the Search for Educational Equity and Diversity (Seed Project)
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bias

  • a look at implicit bias and microaggressions (edutopia)
  • anti-bias resource section (national association for the education of young children)
  • confronting bias in Schools (American Educator, Fall 2019)
  • Understanding Implicit Bias (American Educator, Fall 2019)
  • Critical Practices for Anti-Bias Education (Teaching Tolerance)
  • four tools to interrupt implicit bias (zaretta hammond)
  • how students of color confront impostor syndrome (ted talk by dena simmons)

career

  • reading your way to a culturally sensitive classroom (naeyc)
  • creating an anti-racist classroom (edutopia)
  • 5 minute film festival: talking about race and stereotypes (edutopia)
  • teachable moments and academic rigor: a mini-unit (edutopia)
  • ‘for white people who teach in the neighborhood…’: an interview with chris emdin ( education week)
  • 5 practices of highly effective urban educators (educational diving)
  • white anti-racism: living the legacy (teaching tolerance)
  • race to Improving Teacher Education (US Educator, Fall 2019)

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culturally sensitive family engagement

  • Family Engagement Toolkits: Partnering with Diverse Families (compiled by Colorín Colorado)
  • Making Immigrant Students and Families Feel Welcome (Colorín Colorado)
  • engaging families ell: 20 strategies for school leaders (colorín colorado)
  • culturally sensitive family engagement (edc)

references

fleming, j. personal communication. October 15, 2019.

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fleming, j., et al. (2015). More Mirrors in the Classroom: Using Urban Children’s Literature to Increase Literacy. lanham, md: rowman and littlefield.

hamayan, e., et al. (2013.) Special education considerations for English language learners. delivering a continuum of services. Philadelphia: Caslon Publishers.

hammond, z. (2015). Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

rothstein-fisch, c. and trumbull, e. (2008). Managing Diverse Classrooms: Leveraging Students’ Cultural Strengths. alexandria, goes: ascd.

vigil, karla. personal communication. November 1, 2019.

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