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Culturally Responsive Teaching in the 21st Century: Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Their Characterizations of its Implementation Process

Cohen, Matthew

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2013, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Educational Studies.
Educational reform efforts have yielded new data, which clearly indicate continued: (1) increases in diversity within US public schools and (2) concerning disparities in US academic achievement levels. As a result, elementary school, junior high school, and high school teachers are charged with uniquely difficult and dynamic tasks. Culturally responsive teaching, one pedagogical approach of multicultural education, is capable of meeting and fulfilling many of the current and future dynamic needs of our education system. The purpose of this study was to collect information from elementary school teachers in order to characterize phenomena related to culturally responsive teaching, and to use that information to illuminate methods and mechanisms currently employed by these teachers in modern educational practice. The data were collected through the use of phone interviews and a Web based survey, formulated to address: How do 21st century elementary school teachers perceive culturally responsive teaching and characterize its implementation process? The results characterize 21st century culturally responsive teaching; and although it is merely an initial exploratory study, the data indicate the need for teachers to acquire knowledge, skills, and desire to (a) design culturally relevant curricula, (b) withhold racializing students' identities, (c) be cognizant of overgeneralizing, and (d) use technology in culturally responsive teaching.
Vanessa Allen-brown, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Darwin Henderson, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Stephen Sunderland, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
170 p.

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  • Cohen, M. (2013). Culturally Responsive Teaching in the 21st Century: Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Their Characterizations of its Implementation Process [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1384851047

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cohen, Matthew. Culturally Responsive Teaching in the 21st Century: Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Their Characterizations of its Implementation Process. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1384851047.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cohen, Matthew. "Culturally Responsive Teaching in the 21st Century: Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Their Characterizations of its Implementation Process." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1384851047

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)