The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on

SPETSES, GREECE
4-8 July 2001

Anne Wilks

Lecturer, Department of School and Early Childhood Education,
Faculty of EducationLanguage and Community Services, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia

Providing Culturally Sensitive Teaching, Learning and Assessment
through Collaboration between Teachers,Parents Children and the Community

Abstract

This paper will explore the opportunities that collaboration provides for developing teaching, learning and assessment strategies that support cultural diversity within the classroom. The results of a study on the assessment practices used with children in kindergarten and the first year of school in Victoria, Australia will be used to examine the ways in which teachers consider cultural and ethnic issues.
The collaboration between teachers and children, teachers and parents, and teachers, parents, children and the community will be outlined to explore the elements of shared decision making that may lead to culturally responsive teaching, learning and assessment practices.

Bionote

Anne Wilks is a lecturer in the School and Early childhood Department at RMIT. She has recently completed a PhD which examined forms of collaboration and the consideration given to culture within the assessment practices used with children in kindergarten and the first year of school.

Presentation Type
30 min. Paper

Presentation Equipment Requirements
OHP

Speaking Date/Time Restrictions

Country
Australia