Sentences with phrase «cultural frame of reference»

The first step in this process was to implement the Strengthening Families Program as initially designed for a multicultural audience, including Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic / Latino and African - Americans, modifications were then made to include three components: 1) an all African - American video was produced with original scripts based on typical family life situations encountered by families of local substance abusers; 2) all art work utilized in the program manuals was redrawn to reflect African - American heritage, and 3) certain concepts and terminology used in the program were revised to be more in line with the African - American historical / cultural frame of reference.

In addition, there is the risk that an early childhood mental health clinician who is unfamiliar with a child and family's cultural frame of reference may incorrectly judge culturally bound variations in behavior, beliefs, or experience as psychopathological (Isaacs et al., 2005).

We try to come at the same desired center from opposite ends, one from the priority of the text and the other from a cultural frame of reference.

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The institutions of urban religion are made up of people whose frames of reference have been shaken by some combination of structural and cultural change.

... teachers who learn about, honor, and leverage the cultural knowledge, experiences, and frames of reference of their students — and their students» communities — make learning more relevant and effective.

Culturally responsive teaching is a theoretical framework created by Geneva Gay that relies on «using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them.»

Full of historical and cultural references, his photographs create multiple and complex worlds within the same frame.

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School staff can provide meaningful support by incorporating each student's cultural knowledge, prior experiences, and frames of reference into the classroom to make learning more relevant for them.