Problem Posing Questions

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The following questions will help you assess your learning of the concepts in this chapter.

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As a teacher you are invested in valuing and supporting all your students. As you prepare to create a plan of action to support students for whom English is not a native language, you decide to do the following:

Encourage students to use words in their native language, when they don't know the equivalent word in English and to explain what they mean.Allow students to work in same-language groups for some cooperative learning activities. Making multilingual word charts of commonly used words in the classroom such as "pencil", "crayon", "book", "please" and "thank you" and asking students to list translations from their home languages. All of the above. Encourage parents to use their native language at home.

After attending a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) meeting at the high school, a teacher decides to put a "safe zone" triangle on his classroom door signifying that his classroom is a safe environment for students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. A colleague who is walking by remarks that "I don't care what they are, as long as they don't bring it into the classroom." He responds by:

Shouting at his colleague and branding them as homophobic and biased. Encouraging his colleague to look at the research on safety for LGBT youth and inviting them to the next GSA meeting.Ignoring the remark.

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