25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them

70 Teacher–Student Relations
and respectful of cultural diversity.
Whether they are black, white,
Hispanic, or Native American, these
teachers are ready for the future.
They have accepted America’s charge
to educate all children. These teachers
incorporate a variety of strategies
to bridge the gap between the cultures,
such as respecting students,
attaching value to their responses,
making classroom activities more
meaningful by incorporating students’
life experiences, values and
culture, and by rejecting a cultural
deficit model of diversity (Gersten,
1996). Most important, they will seek
to understand from the child’s point
of view.