Cultural Competency Test
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- 1.What does it mean to be a culturally competent teacher?
- A.
Learning within the context of culture
- B.
Student-centered instruction
- C.
Culturally-responsive curriculum
- D.
All above
- 2.Culture is a learned and behavioral responses acquired over time thatincludes implicit versus explicit beliefs, attitudes, values, customs, norms, taboos, arts,and life ways accepted by a community of individuals.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Which of the following is NOT part of the four basic cultural competence skill areas?
- A.
Valuing diversity
- B.
Being culturally self-aware
- C.
Understanding the dynamics of cultural interactions
- D.
It is a teaching requirement.
- 4.As teachers, are we responsible for learning how to pronounce correctly students' names?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Educators become culturally competent...
- A.
Reading books
- B.
One day training
- C.
Taking one class
- D.
Over time
- 6.Why should educators be culturally competent?
- A.
Culture plays a critical role in learning.
- B.
Culturally competent educators are better equipped to reach out to students’ families.
- C.
Cultural competence helps educators meet accountability requirements.
- D.
All of above
- 7.If a Latino student's mother bring you food to celebrate Teachers' Appreciation Day, what do you supposed to do?
- A.
I will say, "I am sorry, but I dislike spicy food"
- B.
I will throw it away.
- C.
I will say Thank you, and I will share it with other colleagues, if I cannot finish all of it.
- D.
I will share it on Facebook, and I will add a "funny " meme.
- 8.This is America. Teachers are not responsible to help their Latino students.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.What should I do if people in my culture make jokes about or negatively about other cultural groups?
- A.
I let them know that I don’t like it, and explain why.
- B.
I laugh with them.
- C.
I ignore the jokes.
- D.
I call the police.
- 10.Cultural awareness is defined as
- A.
Being knowledgeable about one’s own thoughts, feelings, and sensations.
- B.
Being able to recognize that my skin color is different than other cultural groups.
- C.
Being able to speak another language.
- D.
Being a person who asks every Latino person if they can speak "Mexican".
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