Subject: Social Dimension Topic: Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education

2. CHAPTER VCULTURALCHANGES

4. Multiculturalism

5. Multiculturalism is a policy that emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures, especially as they relate one another in receiving nations.

7. Add variety in the life of all citizens

9. Creates national disunity

12. ThreeReferentsofMulticulturalism

20. Genocide the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race.

22. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

27. states that all Canadian citizens have equal rights, regardless of any differences they might have and regardless of skin colour, religion, country of birth, ethnic background, etc.; and recognizes the right of ethnic, linguistic, and religious minorities to keep their cultures, languages, and religious practices.

28. Multicultural Education

30. To help students to acquire knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to function effectively in pluralistic democratic society To help students to acquire knowledge and commitments needed to make reflective decisions

31. To promote democracy and democratic living To help students develop more positive attitudes toward different racial, ethnic, cultural and religious groups.

33. Four Approachesin Achieving Multicultural Education

35. What’s With The Pic? February 25

36. November 30

44. Shared Ideals Every student must have an equal opportunity to achieve her or his full potential Every student must be prepared to competently participate in an increasingly intercultural society

45. Teachers must be prepared to effectively facilitate learning for every individual student Schools must be active participants in ending oppression of all types Education must become more fully student-centered

46. Educators, activists and others must take a more active role in reexamining all educational practice and how they affect the learning of all students