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Benefits Of The Culturally Responsive Framework

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The culturally responsive framework can be defined as one in which teachers are reflective of their own biases, consider themselves learners, and whose classroom activities and learning "promote engagement, enrichment, and achievement of all students by embracing a wealth of diversity, identifying and nurturing students’ cultural strengths, and validating students’ lived experiences and their place in the world" (Villegas and Lucas, cited by Samuels, 2018, p. 23). It also involves teacher flexibility and willingness to understand the backgrounds and experiences of students in the class, and respecting students' "funds of knowledge" (Moll, Amanti, Neff, & Gonzalez, 1992, cited by Ebersole, et al., 2015, p. 97). This framework could also be taken as meaning what Cullen (2016) refers to as "teaching for social justice," a framework in which teachers "focus on how what is learned can be used to address power and oppression in society" (p.185). According to Cullen, "Culturally responsive disciplinary literacy …show more content…

24). It also helps build a trusting relationship between students and teachers, helps students maintain their own cultural identity, encourages students to be open, and "imagine new possibilities... [and] establishes a classroom culture where students are willing to take off their masks" (Kafele, 2013, cited by Samuels, p. 25). But there are challenges to implementing this framework, as discussed by the respondents of Samuels focus groups. Concerns about discomfort, religious opposition, stirring up conflict among students, giving a stage for those who hold existing biases, reinforcing stereotypes, as well as practical concerns, such as "the demands and restraints of time and limited resources" (pp.

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