The Intersection of Culturally Relevant, Responsive, and Sustaining Pedagogy and Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Sustaining Language and Culture

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 29
  In Roundtable Session: Addressing Systemic Issues Within Education for Indigenous Students Through Culturally Relevant Curriculum, Policy, and Pedagogy

Abstract

This session explores the intersection of Developmentally Appropriate Practice with Culturally Responsive, Relevant, and Sustaining Practices in Early Childhood Education. Culturally responsive teaching uses “the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them” (Gay, 2010, p. 31)and courses through the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s second core consideration in DAP, “what is known about each child as an individual—referring to what practitioners learn about each child that has implications for how best to adapt and be responsive to that individual variation” (NAEYC, 2009, p. 9).

Authors

• Pamela Powell, Northern Arizona University

• Jodi R Carlson, Blackfeet Community College