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It is no doubt that nowadays, we see around us the wealth of diversity in our nation’s schools. Definitely I will see in classroom after classroom, students of all different races and cultural backgrounds study together. Therefore, it is no wonder that as an effective teacher, I will assure to be culturally responsive and advocate for my all students rights. However, it takes more than to be aware that we are a multicultural nation. In Chapter 3, page 71 through 74, provide me the four strategies to become a culturally responsive. These four strategies tell me, that I need to enhance my self-awareness, increase my knowledge, implementing cultural responsive instruction and advocate for the system to change. (Turnbull, A., & Turnbull, H. 2013).

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