Cultural Awareness of Teachers in Early Childhood Education

Running head: CULTURAL AWARENESS OF TEACHERS
CULTURAL AWARENESS OF TEACHERS
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Executive summary
The report analyses the essentiality of cultural awareness and cultural competence for the early
childhood teacher especially working in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island context. The
report has focused on the expectations, values, beliefs and communication of these aboriginal
people and how these factors affect their rearing of their children. This report has discussed
professional conduct and ethical considerations in the practice of the teachers. There are several
factors in the cultural awareness practices and protocols for working with Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander families which needs to be followed in the professional and ethical considerations
for establishing relationships and partnerships with these families.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
Cultural awareness and competence requirements of an early childhood teacher:.........................3
Professional conduct and ethical considerations:............................................................................5
Cultural awareness practices and protocols:....................................................................................7
Professional and ethical considerations for establishing relationships with families:.....................9
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................11
References:....................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction:
The aim of this report is to discuss, the importance of developing cultural awareness and
competence of the teachers involved in the early childhood education. Cultural competence
refers to the set of congruent behavior, attitude and policies which falls under a system or agency
which enable the teaching professionals to work together efficiently in the cross-cultural setting.
The teachers operating in the early childhood education practice, building cultural competencies
necessary for the perfect relationship building among the teachers, students and their families.
Therefore, the teachers need to follow the process of building competence, the principle of trust
among the students, respect for equality, diversity, social justice and fairness to build the
relationship of trust and dependence among the students, their families, communities with the
teachers of their schools.
This report will be discussing the factors of cultural awareness and cultural competence
requirements of an early childhood teacher, professional conduct and ethical considerations in
their practice, cultural awareness practices and protocols for working with Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander families and professional and ethical considerations for establishing relationships
and partnerships with these families.
Cultural awareness and competence requirements of an early childhood teacher:
Childhood is the best time to understand the identity of the individuals where they belong
and understand the difference among the different cultures. This is the reason why the teachers of
early childhood education practice the cultural competence though curriculum settings,
collaborating with the families and using agricultural competence for supporting other educators
in the same setting (Nakata, Keech & Bolt, 2012). In order to teach the students more efficiently,