Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education, 3e (Bredekamp)
Chapter 6 Embracing a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse World
1) All of the following are examples of culture, except
A) Maria is throwing her daughter a big quinceañera party, just like the one that her mother
threw for her to help her daughter celebrate her Mexican heritage.
B) Johnny’s mom likes to keep a clean home, so she does not allow anyone to wear shoes while
inside, so he always takes his shoes off when he goes to his friends’ houses.
C) Every year during Ramadan, Noha and her family have a big breakfast before dawn and a big
dinner after sunset, since they must fast while the sun is shining.
D) Josh is Jewish and his wife, Kim, is Christian, but they decide to celebrate Christmas with
Kim’s family and Passover with Josh’s to teach their kids about both religions.
2) Of the following statements, which is true regarding culture?
A) Not everyone is part of a culture.
B) Cultures are fixed.
C) Ethnicity is the same thing as culture.
D) There can be great differences within a particular culture.
3) What is a difference between race and culture?
A) Race is associated with a person’s biology, but culture is learned.
B) Culture is associated with a person’s biology, but race is learned.
C) Race and culture are the same thing.
D) A person has to have a race, but they don’t necessarily have to have a culture.
4) What can you safely assume about someone based on what you have learned in the past about
the culture he/she identifies with?
A) what type of food they eat
B) what religion they practice
C) how they interact with their family
D) You should not assume anything about a person’s culture, regardless of what you have learned
in the past.
5) Of the following groups, which is least likely to have a collectivistic orientation?
A) Native Americans
B) Asians
C) Latinos
D) European Americans
6) What would most likely be present in an independent-oriented classroom?
A) group work
B) children not drawing attention to themselves
C) students reading individually
D) children readily sharing their possessions
7) Jana recently moved to the U.S. from Thailand. Her teacher inaccurately diagnoses her with a
developmental delay because she is shy and reluctant to engage in classroom activities. The
teacher lacks
A) common core standards
B) cultural understanding
C) developmental screening
D) empathetic perspective
8) What is the process where children learn expected rules of behavior?
A) acculturation
B) development
C) adaptation
D) integration
9) What is ethnicity?
A) Ethnicity is based on the color of skin within a group.
B) Ethnicity is associated with a person’s biological makeup.
C) Ethnicity is based on where a child is born.
D) Ethnicity is the shared characteristic of a group people and is connected to the geographic
origin of a group.
10) What is the term that defines children who are learning two languages at once?
A) multicultural
B) dual language learner
C) bilingual
D) multilingual
11) Cultural competence refers to
A) someone who has learned a lot about cultures other than his/her own
B) a teacher who teaches his/her students about many different cultures
C) someone who can effectively and respectfully work with people from cultures other than
his/her own
D) someone who is able to speak multiple languages
12) With regard to communication styles, which type of culture relies on facial expressions,
gestures, and physical cues rather than words?
A) high-context culture
B) medium-context culture
C) low-context culture
D) interdependent culture
13) Identity, action, and justice are all part of
A) science-based curriculum
B) Common Core Standards
C) developmentally appropriate practices
D) anti-bias education
14) If a teacher were to plan his curriculum where the class would discuss the dress, food, and
holidays of another culture and then return to the “normal” curriculum, what type of approach to
curriculum would he be said to be using?
A) anti-bias curriculum
B) tourist curriculum
C) diversity curriculum
D) dominant culture curriculum
15) What type of early childhood curriculum includes learning experiences and strategies that are
specifically designed to counter the stereotyping of diverse groups and to guard against
expressions of bias?
A) anti-bias curriculum
B) tourist curriculum
C) diversity curriculum
D) dominant culture curriculum
16) At about what age do children begin to learn that teasing or rejecting others because of their
identity is hurtful?
A) 3 years old
B) 4 years old
C) 5 years old
D) 6 years old
17) Which principle of effective teaching for culturally diverse learners would a teacher be
practicing if she were to have conversations regarding the nature walk they had just experienced,
and then read and write about the animals seen?
A) modeling
B) instructional conversation
C) language and literacy development
D) nature and concept development
18) Which of the following practices would NOT help dual language learners achieve at high
levels in English?
A) model the language for children
B) give opportunities for practice
C) pair dual language learning students together
D) draw attention to similarities between cognates
19) Define culture and explain the role culture plays in the development of the young child.
20) Define individualistic and interdependent cultural orientations. Describe examples of how
such orientations might be exemplified in the early childhood classroom.
21) Describe why understanding culture is important for early childhood educators.
22) Describe the key principles of effective practice for culturally diverse learners.
Chapter 6 – Embracing a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse World