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)