1. MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION:
Need of The Hour For National Integrity
BY
Dr.ANJAIAH MOTHUKURI, Asst.Professor
University Central library
DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY
KUPPAM-517 426
9908694950
anjaiahlib@gmail.com
Date of the National Seminar: 21.03.2017
2.
3. INTRODUCTION
• Multicultural education is a progressive approach for
transforming education based on educational equality
and social justice.
• The components required in educating a multicultural
education are content integrations, prejudice
reduction, empowering school culture and social
culture.
• These all relate and all require attention as they relate
to the efforts of conflict resolution in today’s world.
• What kids learn in their classroom environments when
it comes to interactions with those who are different
from them translates into how well they will manage
life in the global marketplace.
4. INTRODUCTION
Meaning: Multicultural Education is an
educational movement built on basic
American values such as
•Freedom, justice, opportunity, and
equality.
• It is a set of strategies aimed to
address the diverse challenges
experienced by rapidly changing U.S.
demographics. And
•it is a beginning step to shifting the
balance of power and privilege within
the education system.
5. VERY POPULAR DEFINITIONS
• The U.S. Declaration of
Independence, constitutions of
South Africa and the United
States, and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
adopted by the United Nations.
• Multicultural education is a
philosophical concept built on
the ideals of freedom, justice,
equality, equity, and human
dignity as acknowledged in
various documents,
6. SCHOOL CURRICULUM-ITS Importance
• Multicultural education is a process that permeates all
aspects of school practices, policies and organization as a
means to ensure the highest levels of academic
achievement for all students.
• It helps students develop a positive self-concept by
providing knowledge about the histories, cultures, and
contributions of diverse groups.
• It prepares all students to work actively toward structural
equality in organizations and institutions by providing the
knowledge, dispositions, and skills for the redistribution of
power and income among diverse groups.
• Thus, school curriculum must directly address issues of
racism, sexism, classism, linguisism, ageism, heterosexism,
religious intolerance, and xenophobia..
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7. ROLE OF THE EDUCATORS IN A CLASS ROOM
* Educators who use the Social
Reconstructionist approach to
--- Multicultural Education go a step
further to teach students about
oppression and discrimination.
* Students learn about their roles as
social change agents so that they
may participate in the generation
of a more equitable society.
8. The TEACHER As A Knowledge Constructer
• Knowledge construction is the recognition that all
knowledge is socially constructed, created in the
minds of human beings to explain their
experience and thus, can be challenged. Ideas
that shape society do change.
• As such, knowledge construction is a primary
aspect of multicultural education because before
teachers can effectively teach multiculturally,
they must reconstruct their world views.
• Equity pedagogy is involved when teachers alter
their teaching methods to accommodate the
various cultural differences of diverse students to
stimulate academic achievement.
9. Knowledge Construction….
• Prejudice reduction concerns changing the
students' attitudes towards differences of
race and ethnicity.
• Prejudice reduction can also include teaching
tolerance about religion, physical and mental
abilities, and sexual preference.
• An empowering school culture is the
dimension of multicultural education that
enables the other four dimensions.
11. The Goals of Multicultural Education
· Creating a safe, accepting and
successful learning environment for
all Increasing awareness of global
issues
· Strengthening cultural
consciousness
· Strengthening intercultural
awareness
· Teaching students that there are
multiple historical perspectives
· Encouraging critical thinking
· Preventing prejudice and
discrimination
12. Hands-On Websites Kids Love
In USA,
* Creative Thinking and
Multiple Intelligences
•the School Education is
providing with ICT which is
very much useful to
understand easily to the
children.
•Here is a gold mine of edu-
websites that every teacher
should check out.
13. Iknowthat.com – High energy, engaging games in math,
Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, The Arts, and thinking
games all to be found here either by subject or grade level.
Into the Book - a reading comprehension resource for K-4
students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based
strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections,
Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating
and Synthesizing. Your class can watch our engaging 15-minute
videos, and try the online interactive activities.
Behind the Lesson- provides teachers with information and
teaching resources for each strategy.
Watch 10-minute professional development videos, and
explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips,
downloads, and more.
14. Math Baseball - FunBrain.com, an award-winning
interactive learning and "edutainment Web site" links K-
8 children, parents, and teachers together with its fun
math baseball game that you can play by yourself or
with friends. It gives you a choice of math problems and
the level you want to practice. Click on the Games icon
for other games available through their site, some going
up to grade 12, age seventeen.
SOURCE: techhub.com
The way the mind and body function has a
tremendous effect on how students learn.
15. Assignments & Multiculturalism.
• If used cleverly, classroom assignments can provide a primary
window into a student’s cultural beliefs.
• Writing assignments can play a significant role in gathering
information about student thought patterns and tendencies.
• Interviews with family members, assignments asking
students to write about learning experiences that occur
outside of school, and assignments involving family stories
and traditions all can play a significant role in unearthing
information about a students’ cultural heritage.
• Students’ parents can often be solicited as sources of useful
personal information and visiting the neighborhoods where
diverse students live can help give educators an idea about
the level of social support present and the types of challenges
that the student might face outside of the classroom.
16. Advantages of
Multicultural Education
According to the National Association for Multicultural Education
(NAME), Multicultural education:
• Helps students develop positive self-image.
• Offers students an equitable educational
opportunity.
• Allows multiple perspectives and ways of
thinking.
• Combats stereotypes and prejudicial behavior.
• Teaches students to critique society in the
interest of social justice.
17. CONCLUSION
• The nation is enriched by the ethnic, cultural, and
language diversity among its citizens and within its
schools. However, whenever diverse groups interact,
intergroup tension, stereotypes, and institutionalized
discrimination develop.
• Schools must find ways to respect the diversity of
their students as well as help to create a unified
nation-state to which all of the nation's citizens have
allegiance.
• We hope these design principles will help educational
policy makers and practitioners realize this elusive and
difficult but essential goal of a democratic and
pluralistic society.
18. SUGGESSTIONS
• Most of the educational institutions are not prepared
to implement multicultural education in their
classrooms.
• Multicultural education requires a staff that is not only
diverse, but also culturally competent.
• Educators must be aware, responsive and embracing
of the diverse beliefs, perspectives and experiences.
• They must also be willing and ready to address issues
of controversy.
• These issues include, but are not limited to, racism,
sexism, religious intolerance, classism, ageism, etc.
• The Governments should be evolve constructive
educational policies to ACHIVE MULTICULTURALISM
WHICH NEEDS ESSENTIALLY TO UNITE THE NATION
