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Mathematical Focus
Problematic Tasks
Engagement in
Real Life learning
experiences
Reflecting:
Internalization of
the experience
Culturally-responsive teaching
approaches are rooted in
students and communities
cultural knowledge.
Culturally-responsive teaching seeks to
enhance students academic involvement
in the learning process while honouring
the importance of First Nations
perspectives and world views.
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Connect to Everyday Life:
Practice Activity
Students need opportunities to practice what they are
learning, whether it be to improve their computational
fluency, problem- solving skills, or conceptual
understanding.
Culturally Relevant
Math Pedagogies
Acting:
Application of
experience to
other real life
situations
Meaning Making:
Analysis of the
experience
Making Connections:
Support students in creating connections
between dierent ways of solving problems,
between mathematical representations and
topics, and between mathematics and
everyday experiences.
Caring Ethics
Caring classroom communities that are focused
on mathematical goals help develop students
mathematical identities and proficiencies.
Teacher Questioning
Feedback
Helpful feedback focuses on the
task, not on marks or grades; it
explains why something is right
Teacher Reflection
Apart from providing
feedback for students and
parents, it can yield
information about your own
teaching practice.
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Partners and
small groups
thinking.
Whole-class discussion
Sources
Culturally-Responsive Mathematics Pedagogy
Through Complexivist Thinking
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/
user_upload/Publications/
Educational_Practices/EdPractices_19.pdf
http://firstnationspedagogy.ca/experiential.html