Graduate Research Papers
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Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Language and education; Linguistic minorities -- Education;
Abstract
This paper describes the process of language acquisition, the interaction between home and school languages, and also offers strategies teachers should follow to acknowledge the diversity represented in the classrooms. The paper further discusses some behaviors teachers should display in order to enhance discussion among students. The purpose of this paper is to investigate cultural differences as well as language differences in the classroom and the ways teachers address these differences, by allowing diverse children to have a voice and thus to express their culture. Students come to school already having an informational background acquired at home and teachers try to help children by acknowledging their differences and using this prior knowledge upon which they can build a new discourse. This discourse represents a hybrid of the primary discourse acquired at home and the new information acquired in school. According to Bernstein ( 1972) " If the culture of the teachers is to become part of the consciousness of the child, then the culture of the child must first be in the consciousness of the teacher."
Year of Submission
2003
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
John E. Henning
Second Advisor
Radhi H. Al-Mabuk
Date Original
January 2003
Object Description
1 PDF file (83 leaves)
Copyright
©2003 Madalina Tanase
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Tanase, Madalina, "Teacher discourse in a culturally diverse classroom" (2003). Graduate Research Papers. 1615.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/1615
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