Critical Evaluation of Culturally Responsive Approaches in School Context

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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Critical evaluation of culturally responsive approaches for working with children,
families and communities in school context.......................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
References:.......................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
The term culture encompasses social behaviour, institutions, & norms which are founded
in human societies along with knowledge, beliefs, customs, habits of the individuals in these
groups. The school culture defines as guiding beliefs and values which is evident in way the
school operates. This can be used for encompassing all attitudes, expected behaviours which
impacts on the way of school operations. The school culture also focusses on physical and
emotional safety of students, orderliness of classrooms etc. The aim of critical evaluation is to
know about the culturally responsive approaches for working with students, families and
communities in school context (Acquah, and et.al., 2020). The culturally responsive is an
approach to view children as asset their culture and identity involving race, ethnicity,
multilingualism & other characteristics. It also helps in creating learning experiences and
environments which empower and values them. The students are empowered to share thought,
integration diverse work and study practices, understanding of student learning needs & styles
can be taken as example of culturally responsiveness. The essay is based on the topic of critical
evaluation of culturally responsive approaches for working with children, families and
communities in school context.
MAIN BODY
Critical evaluation of culturally responsive approaches for working with children, families
and communities in school context
The culture defines the characteristics and knowledge of specific group of people which
encompasses language, religion, social habits & arts etc. In context to school the culture is very
important as it helps in encouraging greater efforts and productivity, improve collegial
collaboration, supporting successful changes and commitment is developed. The prime motive in
school being leader is to improve student learning and to refine school standards by creating of
positive cultures which can put am remarkable impact on school success. The positive culture
motivates staff members and students (Almaguer, I., 2019). The increase of Australia population
is becoming more multicultural with growing diversity of languages races, culture & values.
How people think, perceive, act, and communicate is influenced by their culture. Culture is a
medium for learning. This means that even though the teaching, resources, curriculum, and
relationships in a classroom are the same, students' experiences may differ because how people
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