Latino English Language Learner and the Mathematics Perspective

Culturally Responsive Teaching
(Gay, 2000)
Validation-Acknowledging the legitimacy of the cultural
heritages both as legacies that affect students’ dispositions,
attitudes and approaches to learning and as worthy content
to be taught in the formal curriculum.
Comprehensive- Teaching to the whole child.
Incorporates “culturally mediated cognition, culturally
appropriate social situations for learning and culturally
valued knowledge of curriculum content” (Hollins, 1996)
Studies showed that a comprehensive curriculum enhanced
the students’ need for a sense of belonging, honored their
human dignity, and promoted their individual self-concept.
Multidimensional- It is a combination of curriculum content,
learning context, classroom climate, student-teacher
relationships, instructional techniques and performance
assessments.
Noemi Lopez-HCDE
Gay, Geneva. Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, &
Practice. New York: Teacher College Press. 2000 found in
www.intime.uni.edu/multiculture/curriculum/culture/Teaching.htm
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