MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

Multicultural education refers to any form of education or teaching that incorporates the histories, texts, values, beliefs, and perspectives of people from different cultural backgrounds.

-      A field of study and an emerging discipline whose major aim is to create equal opportunities from diverse racial, ethnic, social class and cultural groups.

 

-      The primary goal of multicultural education is to transform the school so that male and female students, exceptional students, and students from diverse cultural social-class, racial, and ethnic groups experience an equal opportunity to learn.

 

Who is the father of multicultural education? James A. Banks, considered the ―father of multicultural education,‖ will speak at K-State about ―Diversity in America: Challenges and Opportunities for Educating Citizens in a Global Age.‖ He will deliver his address from 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Town Hall Room of the Leadership Studies Building.

 

What is the main goal of multicultural education? One of the goals of multicultural education is to acknowledge the experiences and perspectives of oppressed groups that are commonly excluded from mainstream academia (eg. racial, ethnic, class, gender, etc.).

 

What are the dimensions of multicultural education? The Dimensions of Multicultural Education. The five identification of dimensions of multicultural education. They are: content integration, the knowledge construction process, prejudice reduction, an equity pedagogy, and an empowering school culture and social structure.

 

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