Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Double Entry Journal #3: Cultural Theories

Assignment:
Here is the link to the graphic organizer for cultural deficit.

Reference:

Bolima, D. (n.d.). Contexts for understanding: educational learning theories. Retrieved from http://staff.washington.edu/saki/strategies/101/new_page_5.htm
Related Source:
This short little handout (link is here) goes further into the definition of cultural deficit, that thinking that cultures are inferior will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I have no idea about what it means by "perceived lack of intellect", besides that by perceiving difference in race, language, and physical features cause the teacher to ignore those students. I like the silly clip art.


Reference:

Cultural deficit theory. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.ocmboces.org/tfiles/folder845/Cultural%20Deficit%20Theory.pdf

2 comments:

  1. Thank-you for that link to an additionally resource! Your sentence would be more accurate if it read:
    Teachers assumed he was culturally deficient because he was from the inner city!

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  2. I like your additional resource. It's nice to read the same thing but written differently, deepens the understanding.

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