Step 1: Choose a Protocol to follow for this discussion:

Step 2: As a group select the questions you will discuss (listed below & others you may want to add).

Step 3: Use the protocol to discuss what you have read.

Section: Understanding the Roots of Culture pages 21-24

Discussion Prompts:

Describe the different ways you see the levels of culture in operation.
What are the implications for limiting cultural affirmation in the classroom when we only focus on surface culture?

Section: But I Have 19 Different Cultures in My Classroom! Understanding Cultural Archetypes pages 24-28

Discussion Prompts:

Examine how a focus on shallow (intermediate) culture combined with a collectivist orientation can help operationalize culturally responsive practices.
At the shallow level (the trunk on culture tree), interpersonal interactions, especially non-verbal communication become important in creating a welcoming environment. Identify one or two different communication and interaction patterns across your school or in your classroom. Try to understand them through both the individualistic lens and the collectivist lens.

Section: Naming the Socio-Political Content pages 28-35

Discussion Prompts:

What relationship do the two “bookends” of the socio-political context have to culturally responsive teaching?
Why is examining one’s own implicit bias not enough to become a culturally responsive educator? Why do you need to understand how structural racialization works?
Why are a disproportionate number of students of color and English learners dependent learners? What is the connection to the social-political context and the structure of schools?

source: CRT & the Brain Book Study Guide