Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Strategies

By: Metropolitan center for urban education

An educator, that takes on the responsibility to create a culturally response classroom, is bound to be challenged by behaviour problems. It is essential to implement classroom management strategies to ensure the classroom climate fosters learning. It is suggested a positive classroom climate is when the most effective teaching takes place as it provides all students with the opportunity to learn. It is important to understand that students are capable of controlling their behaviour, thus, an educator must support students in taking ownership, making choices and brainstorming and implementing strategies for conflict resolution. Scholars identify the key elements that an educator must address from their position in order to create a culturally responsive classroom. The key elements are recognizing one’s own cultural lens and biases, having knowledge of students cultural backgrounds, awareness of broader social, economic and political context, willingness to use cultural appropriate management and commitment to creating a positive classroom community.

Professionals were able to identify key components that educators need to focus on, however, there is no reference to the role of the student. The research is founded on student-directed management; therefore, the role of student is crucial. There needs to be more research on the impacts of different classroom strategies on students, especially for ELLs. It is evident that in order to have a classroom in which all students, including ELL, classroom management needs to a part of an educator’s pedagogy.

Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Strategies. (2016) (1st ed., pp. 1-10). New York. Retrieved from http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/005/121/Culturally%20Responsive%20Classroom%20Mgmt%20Strat2.pdf