Creating Culturally Inclusive Text Sets for an Elementary Classroom

Level of Education of Students Involved

Undergraduate

Faculty Sponsor

Selina Bartels

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College

Arts and Sciences

Discipline(s)

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Presentation Type

Poster Presentation

Symposium Date

Spring 4-25-2024

Abstract

For this symposium project, my job was to research how to create a culturally inclusive text set for an elementary classroom. There are many different elements that a teacher should look for when selecting literature. These include having a diverse set of characters, authors, and an meaningful message behind the text. For my data analysis, I am making sure to select texts that hit these main elements as well as meet state standards. This is an important topic, because as educators we want to foster a welcoming classroom environment where all students can thrive. Before choosing texts, the teacher needs to develop a good understanding of the dynamics and background of the classroom. From there, the teacher can create a text set that is representative of their students. My findings after doing research, is that there are many children's literature books that allow children to have a new perspective of the world around them. As a future educator, it is my job that my students develop important life skills of self-awareness and empathy. This can be achieved through the literature selected for class.

Biographical Information about Author(s)

I selected this project because I had the experience of student teaching in a 1st grade classroom last semester. The demographics of my classroom was not very diverse, so I realized it is more important than ever to expose these kids to different perspectives. My goal as a future educator is to create a welcoming classroom environment for all, and give them a holistic view of the world around them.

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