BLOG 2: Diversity Workshop

The topic for our diversity workshop was the culturally and linguistically diverse. Learning more into depth about this was actually very useful for my future teaching career. In our book, the chapter talked more about the personal experiences of people who were culturally or linguistically diverse while our presentation was focused on how to teach them in the classroom.  The one thing in the chapter that I found the most interesting was how English is actually only the 'official non-official' language of the United States. I found that really interesting and it made me take a step back about even my own views on 'we live in America- speak English.' It not only broadened them but it also confirmed that we as Americans and also as future educators really need to be aware about the kids that we will be teaching because after all, we will need to figure out how to cater to their needs and give them the best educational experience possible which is the most important.


I think that Multicultural Education is based off of the idea that we as future educators will have many culturally and linguistically diverse students. We thought that it was really important to include not only stats about the students that will be coming into our classroom, but also how to teach them. It is our job as educators to be life long learners especially when it comes to learning different techniques to help our students learn more effectively.


Using techniques like collaborative learning and visuals in the classroom not only benefits the more diverse learners, it benefits all the students! All in all, I was glad to do this diversity workshop especially with our topic. I learned a lot about my future students as well as effective ways to teach them in the classroom.