ERIC Number: EJ1158839
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
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Five Steps toward Successful Culturally Relevant Text Selection and Integration
Sharma, Sue Ann; Christ, Tanya
Reading Teacher, v71 n3 p295-307 Nov-Dec 2017
Given the increasing diversity in U.S. schools and the impact of texts that reflect students' identities and experiences in the world, it has become imperative for teachers to be able to effectively integrate culturally relevant texts. In this article, the authors show how to do this using five steps to guide the process. First, teachers need to recognize the need for culturally responsive instruction. Second, they need to know more about their students' lives; the authors present three methods for discovering this. Third, teachers need ways to search for culturally relevant texts, such as using multicultural booklists and Google searches to learn more about authors. Fourth, the authors provide a construct for selecting a text that will likely be culturally relevant for a specific student. Fifth, the authors provide an example of critical questions and personal response opportunities for using these texts within instruction.
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Student Characteristics, Cultural Influences, Reading Material Selection, Books, Authors, Student Diversity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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