As a Special Education/English major, I believe multicultural literature is important for not only me, but for my future students. I strongly believe in relating to the students that I may teach. In order to be prepared to relate to my future students, I need to learn and literature from a variety of diverse backgrounds. Ultimately, being the main reason that I am taking this course. Not only do I need to encompass literature from a variety of diverse backgrounds, but also be prepared to teach students about other cultures and/or societies. By having multicultural literature in my future classroom it will allow my students to challenge and question what they already know and/or experience.
I believe using literature is an excellent way to integrate new information of a culture and/or society. When presenting new information of a culture to students, I believe it is important to present a nonbiased opinion as well as sure to evaluate the text for any stereotypes of the given culture it may portray. I also believe it is important to teach students how to question the literature we read in class by challenging their previous beliefs and thinking critically about the given text.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Personal Philosophy
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