Implementing Culturally Relevant Teaching in the Classroom - Open Journal of Leadership

OJL > Vol.10 No.4, December 2021

Open Journal of Leadership

Volume 10, Issue 4 (December 2021)

ISSN Print: 2167-7743 ISSN Online: 2167-7751

Google-based Impact Factor: 2.24 Citations

Implementing Culturally Relevant Teaching in the Classroom ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojl.2021.104020 400 Downloads 2,987 Views Citations

Author(s)

Awilda Hernandez¹, Kathryn Burrows²

Affiliation(s)

¹Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, WI, USA.
²Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA.

ABSTRACT

Culturally, Relevant Teaching (CRT) focuses on academic success for all students, cultural competencies, and sociopolitical aspects and has been proven effective among school cultures that are diverse in demographics. As schools become increasingly diverse, there is a greater need for effective education for the entire classroom while also meeting the specific needs of culturally diverse student groups. This study focuses on how in-service teachers’ implement CRT in high school classrooms. Interviews with 20 in-service teachers across eight states revealed five themes: Class environment under a Culturally Relevant Teaching approach, Culturally relevant materials, Culturally Relevant Teaching Projects, Culturally Relevant Teaching strategies and Teacher-student relationships and Culturally Relevant Teaching. This paper explores those five themes to reveal how CRT is implemented in real-world classrooms.

KEYWORDS

Culturally Relevant Teaching, Diversity, Classroom Strategies, Socioeconomically Deprived Students of Color

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Hernandez, A. and Burrows, K. (2021) Implementing Culturally Relevant Teaching in the Classroom. Open Journal of Leadership, 10, 338-363. doi: 10.4236/ojl.2021.104020.

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