MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION Jessica Klco20 March 2012 OBJECTIVES ANTICIPATORY SET One world MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION Creating equal education opportunities for students from diverse groups Racial Ethnic Social-class Cultural groups Ncrel.org proscons Reduction of fearBuilding respect Interacting with diverse races Communicating with diverse races Color BlindStereo types edchange.org MISCONCEPTIONS Multicultural Education is for African Americans Latinos Poor Women, and other groupsJames Banks AITME You Tube WHO DOES IT BENEFIT? EVERYONE! Increases test scores Changes attitudes James Banks & Cherry McGee Banks HRME WHAT NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT HOW TEACHERS CAN INCORPORATE MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION Learning backgrounds behaviors Religions Social activities James Banks AITME APPROACHES TO MULTICULTURAL CURRICULUM REFORM Level 1 The Contributions Approach Level 2 The Additive Approach Level 3 The Transformation Approach Level 4 The Social Action Approach James Banks Borrowing words /loan word is a word borrowed from a donor language and incorporated into a recipient language Change meaning Change spelling Change pronunciation Caf FrenchPlautdietsch Word (Recipient Language) Donor Language Word English Gloss DrockDutch drokBusy LadigDutch ledigEmpty KjastFrisian ledigWedding KjeiwlFrisian kwylSplit SchessnikjRussian yechokFarlic LauftjeRussian naakaGeneral store WarenikjeUkrainian sapehku Dumplings Wikipedia- Loan words Michael G. Pasternak ACTIVITY!!! SHOW AND TELL Tell Where your family name comes from Traditions your family practices Show Physical traits Eye color Hair Skin tone RECAP What is multicultural education? Understanding question What is a misconception? Understanding question How can teachers incorporate multicultural learning? Understanding question Who benefits? Understanding question PASTERNAK, M. G. (1979). HELPING KIDS LEARN MULTI-CULTURAL CONCEPTS: A HANDBOOK OF STRATEGIES. CHAMPAIGN, ILL: RESEARCH PRESS CO. NIETO, S. (2010). THE LIGHT IN THEIR EYES: CREATING MULTICULTURAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. NEW YORK: TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS. BANKS, J. A. (2008). AN INTRODUCTION TO MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION. BOSTON: PEARSON/ALLYN AND BACON. BANKS, J. A., & BANKS, C. A. M. G. (2007). MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES. HOBOKEN, N.J: WILEY. BANKS, J. A., & BANKS, C. A. M. G. (2004). HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION. SAN FRANCISCO, CA: JOSSEY-BASS. (2004). IN MID WEST REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY. RETRIEVED MARCH 4, 2012, FROM NCREL.ORG GORSKI, P. C. (N.D.). IN ED CHANGE. RETRIEVED MARCH 2, 2012, FROM EDCHANGE.ORG GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: MULTICULTURAL RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER References