Before coming into the Indian Teacher Education Program, the word MULTICULTURAL did not have a whole lot of significance to me. But now that I am just months away from my extended practicum, it has started to become a word that I am using more often. Over the past couple of years, I have had the opportunity to take classes that have helped me understand what it really means for all of us to live in a multicultural world.
During one of my pre-internships, I was able to be placed at Mount Royal Collegiate. At Mount Royal, they have one of the highest Indigenous populations and they also have one of the highest populations of other ethnic origins. While I was at Mount Royal, I was able to talk to a couple of students, and they were able to tell me about what their cultural norms are back in their home country. Being able to hear about the differences that these students needed to adapt to gave me the realization that everyone is different, especially when it comes to things that we think are "Normal."
Based on the different things that I have learned from classes, pre-internships, and other activities that I do outside of school, I was able to develop more of an understanding about the different ways that I will be able to take different types of perspectives into the different lessons and units that I have created and will be creating in the future. Also keeping in mind that I, as a future educator, will need to find many more texts and readings that can reflect the realities of the students in my future classrooms.
Now that I am going into my extended practicum, I will have the opportunity to give my students a chance to hear what I have learned over the past few years of university, and provide them with fun, engaging, and realistic lessons that they can use in their daily lives.
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