Quiet Please There's A Genius At Work Analysis
Understanding how the statement “Quiet please, there’s a genius at work” relates to cultural diversity and pedagogy is critical to understanding what it means to be a culturally competent teacher. Furthermore, according to Gloria Lodson-Billings in her video Cultural Competency, a culturally competent teacher believes that all learners are geniuses, regardless of the cultural assumptions attached to the learner prior to entering the classroom. Subsequently, including cultural diversity classroom does not stop at knowing a learner’s country, or idiom, or familial behaviors, but rather, according to Lodson-Billings, a culturally competent teacher moves learners forward, regardless of the culture by the “pushing & stretching of kids because you