Teaching in a Multicultural Classrooms: Challenges and Rewards

This study explored teachers¿ perspectives and the experiences that shaped their perspectives towards multicultural diverse classrooms, and how their practices reflect their beliefs. As Canadian schools continue to show how learners come with many different experiences, many different ways of seeing the world, different ethnic background, and many different learning needs, the more responsive and sensitive teacher educators become. The primarily findings show that teachers¿ understanding of their students ethnic, race backgrounds and cultural differences helped providing positive, confident and interactive learning environment, and raised cultural knowledge awareness among teachers and their students. Secondly, with diversity comes plurality that promotes and cultivates inclusive environment where all voices are heard, and all students¿ needs are accommodated. Thirdly, in order to maintain a dynamic and democratic learning environment, all teachers developed and enhanced their mindfulness and thoughtfulness towards their teaching techniques, activities and assessments.