Diversity

Teaching with an awareness of diversity in the classroom can help to reach students more effectively. I believe that teaching is a great opportunity, to not only reach students with differences, but also create a sense of awareness in those same students about others of different race, religion, etc. Even though we as teachers, may not know all there is to know, we can build a classroom environment in which differences are discussed and accepted. Students may come into a classroom with their own stereotypes, but the teacher has a great voice to be the one to challenge these. It is easy to point out differences. But, I am sure that if we teach our students to take a closer look, they will find that we all have more in common than we realize.