3-5 pages maximum, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 font size) (100 points)
Brainstorm on your own PK-16 educational background, experiences, and environments from a multicultural and diverse viewpoint. Write a narrative essay about these memories. Emphasize your experiences with cultural and linguistic diversity as a student in elementary, secondary, and higher education. To the extent possible, relate your experiences to the theory and praxis of multicultural education, readings, class discussion, and activities.
In addition to the suggested questions above that you are encouraged to ask yourself, consider the following questions:
How have messages I received growing up about what it meant to be a member of my gender, racial/ethnic, and religious group, and socioeconomic class, etc.—or later life situations that challenged them—informed the way I interact with others, including students, parents, colleagues, either in or out of my group?
Have I been encouraged (or compelled) to think about issues like privilege, racism, classism, sexism, sexual orientation, homophobia, xenophobia, etc., how has my teaching and learning been shaped or influenced by those experiences? If not, how has the lack of consideration of those issues informed by teaching and learning?
NOTE: PLEASE INCLUDE THE Sum up Reflective Personal Development Papers I and II in final thoughts. (guide is attached)
