Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Double Entry Journal #3 8/27/2011
A cultural deficit is viewed as a learning deficit on the part of the learner. In other words the reason a learner fails to make progress is because the culture they come from prevents them from being able to succeed.
A cultural difference is a misunderstanding between the learner and teacher due to each person being raised in a different culture with different interpretations of what may be the same in print or thought.
Reference: Bolima, Donna. (n.d.). Contexts for understanding: educational learning theories. Retrieved from http://staff.washington.edu/saki/strategies/101/new_page_5.htm
8/27/2011 Journal Entry #2
Quote: "Donny's failure to learn anything was not noticed because this was the expected pattern."(Purcell- Gates)
Reaction: It's sad to think that a child would not be given a second glance because of who they are or where their from. I've seen this situation played out many times in my school years and even the opposite when certain students get preferential treatment because of their socioeconomic statis. It is something all teachers need to self regulate in order to become a truly great teacher.
Reaction: It's sad to think that a child would not be given a second glance because of who they are or where their from. I've seen this situation played out many times in my school years and even the opposite when certain students get preferential treatment because of their socioeconomic statis. It is something all teachers need to self regulate in order to become a truly great teacher.
Reference: Purcell- Gates, V. (Author). As Soon As She Opened Her Mouth: Issues of Language, Literacy, and Power. [Web]. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6DFAmexYq7vMGQxMjI1OTEtMjAyZS00NzJmLTg1OTUtODlmMGQ0ZDIxOTVk&hl=en_US&pli=1
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Double Entry Journal One 8/24/2011
Quote: "If a television network proposed a "real life" show treating poor Afrcan-Americans, Latinos, American Indians, Asians or Jews as curiosities, they, and all Americans of good will, would be justifiably outraged." (O,Brian, 2003)
Reaction: I believe this statement holds alot of truth to it. It's not the fact that mainstream media depicts certain groups of people in a less than flattering way such as the typical imagery used when describing country folk that angers me. Rather it's the medias willingness to mock one sect of society while not daring to ever mock other groups for fear of retaliation. However, one cannot place the blame squarly on the shoulders of the media because if we as a society do not make an effort to rid ourselves of this behavior then why should they.
Reference: O'Brian, J. (2003(. Tall Tales of Appalachia. The New York Times, Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/10/opinion/tall-tales-of-appalachia.html?src=pm
Related Resource: An essay from a high school student depicting bias in the media.
http://tfcus.homestead.com/Markea_Hannah.pdf
Reaction: I believe this statement holds alot of truth to it. It's not the fact that mainstream media depicts certain groups of people in a less than flattering way such as the typical imagery used when describing country folk that angers me. Rather it's the medias willingness to mock one sect of society while not daring to ever mock other groups for fear of retaliation. However, one cannot place the blame squarly on the shoulders of the media because if we as a society do not make an effort to rid ourselves of this behavior then why should they.
Reference: O'Brian, J. (2003(. Tall Tales of Appalachia. The New York Times, Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/10/opinion/tall-tales-of-appalachia.html?src=pm
Related Resource: An essay from a high school student depicting bias in the media.
http://tfcus.homestead.com/Markea_Hannah.pdf
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