Posted: April 25th, 2025

Week 3 Article Reflection

After engaging with this week’s articles, what new realizations, insights, or lessons have you gained about cultural bias? How have these readings challenged or deepened your understanding of cultural bias in education and its impact on students, teachers, and learning environments? Reflect on any personal biases or assumptions you may have uncovered and discuss how this awareness can influence your approach to fostering a more inclusive and equitable classroom.

Article Assignment 
DO ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS GET STIGMATIZED BY
TEACHERS?  A Study Says Yes- Students are identified as
English-language learners, in theory, to prevent educational
inequity, but that classification may present another problem for
children: teacher bias.

DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION OF CULTURALLY
AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS IN SPECIAL
EDUCATION: Measuring the Problem – The overrepresentation
of culturally and linguistically diverse children in special
education and the quality of their educational experiences have
been regarded as among the most significant issues faced by the
U.S. public school system in the past 30 years.

https://researchoutreach.org/articles/dangers-labels-english-
second-language/2021

Links to an external site.

 https://creditsforteachers.com/how-culture-affects-learning/

Reflection: 
After engaging with this week’s articles, what new realizations,
insights, or lessons have you gained about cultural bias? How
have these readings challenged or deepened your understanding
of cultural bias in education and its impact on students, teachers,
and learning environments? Reflect on any personal biases or
assumptions you may have uncovered and discuss how this
awareness can influence your approach to fostering a more
inclusive and equitable classroom.

https://researchoutreach.org/articles/dangers-labels-english-second-language/

https://researchoutreach.org/articles/dangers-labels-english-second-language/

https://researchoutreach.org/articles/dangers-labels-english-second-language/

How Culture Affects Learning – And Not Just for Students

Minimum 400 words reflection summary citing your analysis,
reaction and/or feelings.  Reflections must be written using your
own words and organized in essay form, must have proper
grammar, and must reference information learned in the weekly
readings.