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Teaching with a multicultural perspective encourages appreciation and understanding of other cultures as well as ones own. Teaching with this perspective promotes the childs sense of the uniqueness of his or her own culture as a positive characteristic and enables the child to accept the uniqueness of the cultures of others. ...
A multicultural program should not focus on other cultures to the exclusion of the cultures represented in the class. ...
Early childhood teachers and parents of young children should become aware of the myths associated with multicultural education so that they can enhance developmentally appropriate practices. ... A multicultural program can focus on the presentation of other cultures, but at the same time allow children to be aware of the nature and uniqueness of their own culture. ...
MYTH #3: MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IS ONLY RELEVANT IN CLASSES WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE CULTURAL OR RACIAL GROUPS TO BE STUDIED.
Our world is multicultural, and children need to experience the diversity outside their immediate environment. ...
MYTH #4: THERE SHOULD BE A SEPARATE, UNIFIED SET OF GOALS AND CURRICULUM FOR MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION.
This myth conflicts with the purpose of providing relevant and meaningful education to children from all cultural backgrounds. ... The appropriate curriculum for understanding Americas diverse cultures is a multicultural curriculum taught within a developmental framework. ...
MYTH #5: MERE ACTIVITIES, WHICH ARE NOT PLACED IN AN EXPLICIT CULTURAL CONTEXT, CONSTITUTE VIABLE MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM. ...
Multicultural education embodies a perspective rather than a curriculum. ...
One problem with the current thrust in multicultural education is that it pays little or no attention to teaching people how to recognize when culturally and racially different groups are being victimized by the racist or biased attitudes of the larger society. ... Nurturing diversity means making multicultural education a process of action, through which we as adults achieve clarity about our condition in this society and ways to change it (Phillips, 1988).
Teachers and parents can take several approaches to integrate and develop a multicultural perspective. ...
Through multicultural literature, children discover that all cultural groups have made significant contributions to civilization. A well-balanced multicultural literature program includes literature that depicts people with a variety of aspirations, from different sociometric levels, with different occupations, and with a range of human characteristics (Norton, 1985). ... Thus, the challenge for educators is to present an effective multicultural education foundation by means of which all children can learn to accept others.
The goal of multicultural education is not only to teach children about other groups or countries. ... The purpose of multicultural curriculum is to attach positive feelings to multicultural experiences so that each child will feel included and valued, and will feel friendly and respectful toward people from other ethnic and cultural groups (Dimidjian, 1989). ... The disposition exhibited by this individual in promoting everyones culture will be the successful factor in the childs development of a multicultural perspective. ... "Teaching Preschoolers in a Multilingual
Classroom." CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, 62, 4, 272-275. ... "Bilingualism and Education. ... "Language and Cognitive Development Through
Multicultural Literature." CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, 62, 2, 103-108. ...
ACTIVITY:
DO “Circles of My Multicultural Self.”
PASS OUT “Multicultural Education and Equity Awareness Quiz,” to take
home and to review later, on their own time.
Circles of My Multicultural Self
This activity requires 20-30 minutes. ...
CIRCLES HANDOUT:
Circles of My Multicultural Self Handout
This activity highlights the multiple dimensions of our identities. ...
Multicultural Education and Equity Awareness Quiz(Are you being misled? ... net)
for EdChange and the Multicultural Pavilion
http://www. ... org/multicultural
http://www. ... com/multicultural
Please circle the correct answer for each question. ... 4 fewer years of education than children raised by two parents
b. 2 fewer years of education than children raised by two parents
c. the same level of education as children raised by two parents
d. 2 more years of education than children raised by two parents
13. ... Department of Education, about 61% of public school students in the U. ...
Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network
National Council on Education Statistics
Public Citizens Health Research Group
U. ... Department of Education
U. ... Department of Justice
Multicultural Education and Equity Awareness QuizA N S W E R K E Y
By Paul C. ... net)
for EdChange and the Multicultural Pavilion
http://www. ... org/multicultural
http://www. ... com/multicultural
1. ... 4 fewer years of education than children raised by two parents
b. 2 fewer years of education than children raised by two parents
c. the same level of education as children raised by two parents*
d. 2 more years of education than children raised by two parents
13. ... Department of Education, about 61% of public school students in the U.
Approximate Word count = 3998
Approximate Pages = 16
(250 words per page double spaced)
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