Culturally Responsive Teaching

Strategies for Working in Multicultural Classrooms

Get to know the cultural resources of your students

Communicate positive attitudes about student diversity

Employ instructional strategies that accommodate diversity

Visit homes and talk to parents.

Observe students in school and out-of-school settings.

Read literature by writers of other cultures.

Talk to teachers from other cultures.

Emphasize mutual respect for all types of diversity.

Acknowledge cultural differences in class, emphasizing positive aspects of diversity.

Encourage students to share their cultures with each other.

Actively teach about different student cultures, both directly and indirectly.

Use a variety of strategies that accommodate different cultural styles (e.g., peer tutoring, group work, cooperative learning).

Deemphasize instructional grading practices that emphasize differences and competition.