Cultural Influences

Cultural influences affect the communication and interaction patterns of various ethnic and cultural groups. Resources are available to help administrators, teachers, and other school staff understand these patterns. This knowledge can help educators in their interactions with young children and their families.

For helpful information, refer to the following sources:

• Valuing Diversity in the Multicultural Classroom (Quintero, 1994)

• Considerations in Teaching Culturally Diverse Children (Coballes-Vega, 1992)

• Funds of Knowledge: Learning from Language-Minority Households (Gonzalez, Moll, Floyd-Tenery, Rivera, Rendon, Gonzales, & Amanti, 1994)

• Communicating with Culturally Diverse Parents of Exceptional Children (Council for Exceptional Children, 1991)

• Developing Positive Self-Images and Discipline in Black Children (Kunjufu, 1984)

• Fostering High Achievement in African American Children: Home, School, and Public Influences (Bempechat, 1992) (Adobe Acrobat^® PDF 1.6 MB)

• Beyond Culture: Communicating with Asian-American Children and Families (Huang, 1993)

• Asian-American Children: What Teachers Should Know (Feng, 1994)

• Hispanic-American Students and Learning Styles (Griggs & Dunn, 1996)

• Hispanic Preschool Education: An Important Opportunity (Schwartz, 1996)

• Hispanic Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Programs (Espinosa, 1995)

• Increasing the School Involvement of Hispanic Parents (Inger, n.d.)

• Instructional Conversations in Native American Classrooms (Tharp & Yamauchi, 1994)

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