Join ASWIFTT RADIO Host Brenda Diann Johnson on May 22, 2021 at 1 pm CST, 2 pm EST and 11 am PST on the show “Creating Books To Promote Diversity and Multiculturalism.” Her guest will be Ashley Charleston who is the author of “Nyasia’s Bee-utiful Discovery.” The discussion will highlight the need for diverse books when teaching our kids in schools today. Students of various backgrounds should receive a quality education while identifying with the content presented in the classroom.
Diversity and Multiculturalism is essential when it comes to educating our kids. When teachers
enter the classroom at the beginning of a new year they are faced with providing a curriculum that offers equality for all students. According to the Declaration of Independence all men are created equal and they should have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Throughout the nation’s history since 1776, marginalized and excluded groups such as women, African Americans, Native Americans, and other cultural and ethnic groups have used this idea to justify and defend the extension of human rights to them and to end institutional discrimination, such as sexism, racism, and discrimination against people with disabilities. (Branch, 2006)
When teachers get to know their students at the beginning of the year they can effectively create curriculums that incorporate multicultural education. However, according to Banks, establishing a multicultural education curriculum is not enough to achieve multicultural education in the classroom. He further states “Multicultural education is also a reform movement designed to bring about a transformation of the school so that students from both genders and from diverse cultural, language, and ethnic groups will have an equal chance to experience school success.” (Banks, 2013)
Teachers should always create curriculums and lesson plans that match the demographics of their classrooms. Creating curriculums and lessons plans that match the demographics of a classroom starts with content integration. Content integration is where teachers start when gathering the material they want to teach. In this stage teachers must be careful to find material from all cultures to make up the material content for their lesson. They should also have visual examples from various cultures. Having examples from various cultures will play a key part with visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners.
Brenda is a mother, grandmother, author, publisher, educator,
entrepreneur, radio host, speaker and above all a humble servant of God. She is the founder of ASWIFTT PUBLISHING, LLC which is the parent company of ASWIFTT RADIO, ASWIFTT Television, ASWITT Journal and ASWIFTT Records. She enjoys writing and spending time with her daughters, Diamond and Kamille and her grandson, Bryson. Ms. Johnson’s life mission is to use the creative talents God gave her in writing, teaching and speaking to not only have self-fulfillment but to also have an impact on the audience God has predestined for her.
Ashley is a self-publishing author and a special education ELA teacher. She received her Bachelors of Arts in English from the University at Albany and her Masters of Arts in African-American Literature from the North Carolina A & T State University. Charleston believes that her words can change the world. She hopes to inspire children to write themselves into existence.
For more information about the show “Creating Books To Promote Diversity and Multiculturalism,” contact ASWIFTT RADIO Host, Brenda Diann Johnson at: aswifttradionews@yahoo.com or visit: http://www.aswifttradio.net
To contact Ashley Charleston you can email her at: acharleston52@gmail.com
Listen to the show online on May 22, 2021 at 1 pm CST, 2 pm EST and 11 am PST at:
References:
Branch, T. (2006). At Canaan’s edge: America in the King years, 1965-68. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Banks, J. A., & McGhee Banks, C. A. (Eds.). (2013). Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives (8th Ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
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May 18, 2021 | Categories: Children, Education, Entertainment, Family | Tags: Ashley Charleston, Books, Brenda Diann Johnson, Children, Curriculums, Diversity, Lesson Plans, Literature, Multiculturalism, My Baby Sister, Nyasia's Beeutiful Discovery, Reading, Schools, Teachers | Leave a comment
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