Reading this article, a few things stood out. All of the articles we are reading seem to have people who truly care about reaching students who are getting left behind, forgotten, or suffering from some sort of an educational disadvantage. This is a really good thing. The article also talked about strategies that will help students with an appalachian dialect code-switch more efficiently. I also learned that there is no perfect or easy way to teach when it comes to literacy. We have to be open and willing to search for new ways to help our students.
They definitely used the principle of using a wide variety of instructional strategies to reach different learners. Allowing them to use their own language and to be accepting of it really seemed to help. Students could feel comfortable in themselves and were still able to code-switch properly when writing. The teaching strategies also allowed the students to feel pride in their heritage and culture they were brought up in. Confident learners and students who have high self-esteem will always perform better in the classroom. As teachers, we need to embrace this approach and continually build up our students.
Honestly, I can not remember being taught besides one specific way. Students who had special needs had to adapt to how it was being taught or they were sent to a specialist outside of the classroom.
Here is a link to a video with a good philosophy on literacty instruction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEV5GTwR0z4
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