Multicultural Education: LU1 Theme 1
Define
Culture
Diversity
MCE
equal recognition to all cultural groups
provides all learners with a meaningful and relevant educational experience
Umbrella term = different understanding, definitions and approaches
Ideas, customs and social behaviour
change continuously over time
Can be explicit or implicit
a range of different racial, ethnic and cultures present
Features, Goals and Dimensions:
Features and Goals
- recognises + accepts the rightful existance of different cultural groups
- encourages acculturation + culture preservation
- encourages mutual interaction + cooperations
- views cultural diversity as an asset rather than a handicap
- acknowledges the equal rights of all cultural groups in a society
- acculatates equal educational opportunities
- encompasses many dimensions of human differences
- requires the reform of the total school environment
Dimensions
content integration
knowledge construction process
prejudice reduction
equality pedagogy
an empowering school culture
TYPOLOGIES
Margaret Gibson (1976)
James Banks (1980)
Christine Sleeter and Charl Grant (2007)
Angelina Castagno (2009)