Linsey Cessor
EDUC 2253
Dr. Shahan
January 28, 2015

Professional Practice
Chapter 2: Question for Discussion

2. Why is membership in an ethnic group more important to some individuals than to others? What characteristics might an educator look for to determine a student’s ethnic background and its importance in that student’s life?

* Individuals may have multiples reasons of being more in tuned to their ethnicity than others. Most are drawn to their ethnic group because that is what is familiar to them. When the elderly generation is a dominate part of their raising then the younger generation has more information about their heritage. * Others are not so luck to grow up with the elderly generation influence and have are disconnected with their ethnic groups. Some people are a merge of two different ethnic groups and this causes confusion for the individual. With the merging of different ethnic groups, some people tend to loners. Not ever finding that “prefect” ethnic group that they belong in.

As an educator there are many characteristics that will reveal the ethnicity of a student such as a student’s gender, race and religion. However, with all of this being said I do not think that the ethnicity of a student is completely important for an effective teacher. An effective teacher teaches on the level of their students, and then begins helping the student’s excel. An effective teacher is able to teacher all the curriculum to the students without biases to any ethnic group.

7. Why do school officials seek teachers who believe that all students can learn? Schools search for teachers that believe that all students are capable of learning regardless of any of their diversities. Students need an educator that is willing to assess their education stands and willing to take them to the next level. Teachers that believe all students can learn are also willing to go that extra mile to help students succeed. Like our book says “Effective teachers do not allow students to fail,” and this in turn has a positive reflection on the school.