Professional Documents
Culture Documents
and School
Partnership
Katie Todd
ESL-433N
September 3, 2017
Overview
What are some cultural factors that might affect ELL students and native
English students?
What are some significant issues regarding the instructions and the classroom
environment for all students?
How can home and school facilitate learning?
What could be done to create and enhance home and school partnership?
Cultural Factors
There are many things that can affect a student’s education. Culture factors
are a huge concern with a multi-cultural class.
Every culture views educations in
their own way. Depending on the
culture education may not play an
important role.
Moving to a difference culture can
create a culture shock for a student.
The family’s beliefs can impact a
child’s education.
Cultural Factors (cont.)
A culture has certain values that can
impact a child’s education.
The relationship between student
and teacher and also parent-teacher
relationship can be effected by
culture resulting to an impact on the
child’s education
A child’s social background play a
factor on learning English.
Instruction and Classroom
environment for all students
There can be significant issues that need to be
considered when creating instruction or the classroom
environment:
• Welcoming and safe environment
• Reduce cultural shock
• Language barrier
Welcoming and Safe Environment
“It is important to foster a learning
environment in which students feel
safe, relaxed, and willing to take
risks” (Creating a Safe and Supportive Learning
Environment, n.d.).