Mr. Ross is excited after attending a professional development session on becoming a culturally competent teacher. While he is of European American ethnicity, most of the students in his fourth-grade class are of a different ethnicity. Mr. Ross learned, in the professional development session, that a most important self-reflective step in becoming more effective and providing culturally responsive instructions is for teachers to ________.
A. talk to parents of students in the classroom about the culture of their homes
B. talk to students in the classroom about the culture of their homes
C. understand how culture shapes teachers' own attitudes and behaviors
D. talk to the district administrator about cultural expectations of the school system
Answer: C
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