Creation of culturally responsive classrooms

Teachers’ conceptualization of a new rationale for cultural responsiveness and management of diversity in Hong Kong secondary schools

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ID12682011
AutoresMing Tak Hue (0000-0001-5662-921X, Education University of Hong Kong, autor de correspondencia), Ming-Tak Hue (a Department of Special Education and Counselling , The Hong Kong Institute of Education , Tai Po , Hong Kong), K J Kennedy (0000-0003-1332-3004, b Chair Professor of Curriculum Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education , Tai Po , Hong Kong)
Año2012
Volumen23
Número2
Páginas119-132
Fecha de publicación2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Intercultural studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0952-391X • E-ISSN: 1469-8439
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14675986.2012.686021
OpenAlexW1992348141
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas19

Presently, there are a growing number of ethnic minority students in Hong Kong schools. This article examines teachers’ views of the cross-cultural experience of ethnic minority students, their influence on the performance of these students, and how the diverse learning needs of these students are being addressed. Qualitative data were collected from semi-structured interviews with 32 teachers from three secondary schools. This study shows that teachers struggle to conceptualize a new rationale for responding to cultural diversity. They develop a sense of intercultural sensitivity, promote cultural responsiveness to diversity, and strengthen the home–school connection. This article argues that, like students, teachers simultaneously engage in a cross-cultural process through which they learn the culture of ethnic minority students, relearn their own culture and reexamine the relevant rationale underlying cultural responsiveness. Finally, a framework for the creation of culturally responsive classrooms, based upon the teachers’ new rationale of cultural responsiveness, is proposed

Biculturalism · Conceptualization · Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Cultural pluralism · Diversity (politics · Multicultural education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Sociology · Anthropology · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology