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 * Format:** Interview
 * Introduction:** Welcome to EducationToday. We are coming to you live from Carroll University on Nov.5 2010. I am Karissa Andries and today we are going to be looking at cultural sensitivity in the classroom. We have Ms. Nicole Baker here to talk about her stance on the issue.
 * Interviewer Karissa:** Hi Ms. Baker lets start by defining cultural sensitivity please.
 * Interviewee Nicole:** Hi and thank you for having me. According Carroll University Education program, being Cultural sensitivite is a something that an educator should be. In order to be a culturally sensitive educator an educator needs to be aware of all the different ways that their studerts differ from one another and then be able to use those differences in the classroom. They use the differences in their social and cultural background and design insturction that enhances their learning.
 * Karissa:** How can you incorporate that in the classrom?
 * Nicole:** A teacher can do this in many ways. By understanding all of your students background a teacher will be able to teach each individual student better.
 * Karissa:** What are some examples that you have used in the class?
 * Nicole:** Yes, I have a classroom full of very diversers learners. So a way that I can incorporate all of their learning levels and their cutlural differences is by creating a differentiation activitys that all of the studetns can be proud in.
 * Karrissa:** What does this do for your students?
 * Nicole:** It creates a classroom environment that all the students fell comfortable in, regardless of their differences.
 * Karissa:**What do you mean by difference?
 * Nicole:** A student differs in all types of ways, their nationality, their family background, their age, religion, gender, and their likes and dislikes outside of school.
 * Conclusion:** Ok so in order to be culturally sensitive a teacher needs to be aware of all difference within their students and be able to design instruction around that.Thank you Ms. Baker for sharing with us. Well that's about all the time we have for today. Thanks to all of you for listening to EducationToday!