Personal information:
My name is Nicholaus and I prefer he/his pronouns.
I am from Tanzania – Moshi, Kilimanjaro.
I am always happy to be of help to other people; my happiness is to see other’s success. When I was teaching, it was so rewarding to see some of those students who had various learning problems coming back to me with gratitude and reporting how my interventions helped them to be successful. I always longed and wished I knew more to help them more! This is the reason that I want to learn more.
I like playing tennis and soccer when climate here allows. But most of the time I am jogging to keep myself healthy.
In this semester I am planning to concentrate more on my studies, learning more from others, graduate and go back to Tanzania to continue teaching and helping my students towards their successful journey.
Learning Style and more:
To feel comfortable taking intellectual and creative risks in a course; I feel that sharing what I know with others is the best way. Hearing what others know is part of learning and it adds more knowledge to me.
What have you been reading?
Multicultural Education matters most to me when it comes to education.
Multicultural education refers to the provision of equal chance in education to all the students in a society. According to Banks and Banks (2013), it involves language, class, religion, ethnicity, gender, and exceptionality (a term used to the students with special learning needs or disabilities). It advocates equal opportunity in education to all students regardless of their nationality, gender, religion, language, ethnical background, social status and the like. The principles of equality, social justice, mutual respect and understanding are basic in Multicultural education. It permeates all aspects of school practices, policies and organization in order to ensure the highest levels of academic achievement for all students. What kids learn in their classroom environments today prepares them well for the interactions later in life, with those who are different from them peacefully and with easy.
Reference:
Banks, J. A., & Banks, C. A. (2013). Multicultural education: Issues and
perspectives. (8th ed.) Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
It is a reality today in our schools and classrooms in particular, that several cultural factors affect the way students behave and respond to instructions given to them. We discover that each student is different because of differences in physical and mental abilities, gender, ethnicity, race, language, religion, class, sexual orientation, and age. Since all students are not the same in so many different aspects, they cannot therefore be taught in the same way. It is at this point where Multicultural Education comes in as the best method of imparting knowledge to the students in our today’s school environment. Multicultural Education here incorporates the techniques through which education and learning is offered to the comfortable understanding of each student according to his race, culture, language, religion, class, sexual orientation and age. This is what we call a Culturally Responsive Teaching. It is based on the assumption that, when academic knowledge and skills are situated within the lived experiences and frames of reference of students, they are more personally meaningful, have higher interest appeal, and are learned more easily and thoroughly.
About Dr. Shutkin:
To Dr. Shutkin I have this question to ask:
What are the difficult challenges that you encounter in teaching educational technology?
Nicky's exploration of Educational Technology 