wk 5 final

Literature Review-Final Paper

For the Final Paper, you are will write a literature review.  During each week of the course, you will develop an annotated bibliography of scholarly articles relevant to a chosen theme of cultural competence in early childhood education.   The themes are as follows:

1. Culturally Relevant Methods
   
2. Anti-Bias Curriculum
   
3. Diverse Family Structures
   
4. Multicultural Education 
   

You will finalize the literature review by adding two additional scholarly resources that highlight the necessity of designing a classroom to meet the needs of diverse learners.  Be sure to align your selection with your chosen theme.  The finalized literature review must include the scholarly resources submitted in Weeks Two through Four, and include two additional scholarly resources in Week Five.  
 

In your literature review, please address the following: 

1. An introduction that provides the reader with an understanding of what research has been completed and why the topic under investigation is important to early childhood education. 
   
2. The common ideas or themes in the scholarly resources that you have found. 
   
3. Present an analysis of what you have learned based your research.
   
4. Translate the research findings into real world classroom application. 
   
5. Summarize the information and explain how the information from these articles will impact you in your career. 
   
6. Explain how your chosen topic is connected to the other themes making up overall cultural competence.  The four themes to address are: 
   
   • Culturally Relevant Methods
     
   • Anti-Bias Curriculum
     
   • Diverse Family Structures
   • Multicultural Education 

The Literature Review must be three to four pages in length excluding the title page and reference page.  The review should be formatted according to APA guidelines.

the theme is diverse family structure