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Research: Impact of Culture and Religion on Student's Learning

   

Added on  2020-03-28

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Running head: Impact of culture, language, religious diversity 1Impact of culture, language, religious diversity and socio-economic levels on student’s learningNameInstitutional Affiliation

Impact of culture, language, religious diversity2Impact of culture, language, religious diversity and socio-economic levels on student’s learningResearch shows that children achieve positive learning outcomes when their abilities, diverse strengths and cultural practices are understood and supported. Respecting and valuing diversity in terms of culture, religion, social class and language is vital for the children to develop a strong sense of identity. The principles of diversity and equity are closely linked to the aspect of children’s development of a strong sense of identity and wellbeing. The learning providers are supposed to engage learners in a manner that values their identity to boost their self-esteem and communication abilities (Taylor & & Sobel, 2001). It also enhances their understanding of various learning processes. Teaching practice requires the need to identify and respond to the individual interests, abilities and strengths of the learners. In addition, the teachersare supposed to engage pedagogical teaching practices that do not create a disadvantage to a learner on account of their social class, religious diversity, culture or language.Social justice perspectives in teaching practiceSocial justice stands for the idea of existence of a just relationship between the society and an individual. Factors such as wealth distribution, social privileges as well as personal activity opportunities determine the presence of social justice in a society (Marton, 2018). In teaching practices, teachers should work with students so that issues such as global citizenship, human rights and social justice can be addressed. It is upon the teacher to employ effective teaching techniques to ensure learners understand various topics. Apart from teaching, the teachers can ascertain the impact of their teaching techniques through observing the learning outcomes (Parkay, Stanford, & & Gougeon, 2010). All these processes must be cognizant of the socio-economic diversity of the learners to enhance equality in the learning process. Thus the

Impact of culture, language, religious diversity3teachers should do a background check on the socio-economic status of the respective learners and limit their teaching practice to aspects of learning. The socio-cultural theory states that the learning processes are constructed and actively conveyed through social experiences (Causey, Thomas, & & Armento, 2000). In that regard, literacy can be termed as a social interaction and a historical construction that keeps on evolving in accordance to environmental evolution. Therefore, literacy has a wider scope than a having superficial contacts with the print. It is a comprehension of how to manipulate concepts and words as well as the daily social interactions. In order to instill elements of social justice in the learning processes, the curriculums are designed in a manner that acknowledges a core set of shared values in a pluralist society (Hollins & & Guzman, 2005). A teacher is therefore supposedto purse this objective by investigating the barriers to student’s learning outcomes and employingthe teaching and assessment strategies fairly to avoid profiling any student on account of their socio-economic level. By that doing, they are deemed to have served social justice in their teaching practice.CultureCulture plays an important role in defining an individual. Thus, human beings cannot be independent of their culture and society. The basic aspects of human cognitive development depends on the how an individual was raised including the language and culture. Culture refers to the way individual groups of people organize their lives within urban or rural neighborhoods, national or ethnic groups as well as in organizations and professions (Wright 2017). The culture increases the way we view and understand the world as well as how we communicate with each other. In that regard, culture determines the teaching and learning styles. It is incumbent upon the educators to acknowledge the fact that leaders are not always the same. Despite that, is a

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