Multicultural Education

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This paper argues that multicultural education has had significant positive effects on the educational system in the United States. The paper provides an overview of multicultural education. It then examines various ways that multicultural education has been integrated into various parts of the school curriculum and reflects on how these techniques have worked. The paper then examines case studies showing successful application of multicultural education and gives suggestions on how multicultural education can be further integrated towards a successful education for all of America's children.

Table of Contents:
Multicultural Education
Multiculturalism in the Classroom
Continuing Challenges
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Multicultural education can take on a different level in the college setting, wherein the learning communities provide a safe space for interaction between different students. These interactions can give students chances to disagree and voice their diverse opinions, and give students chances to learn from one another in creative and meaningful ways. For example, a writing teacher reported great success in an exercise where students were asked to write and share regarding the origins of their names and the resulting perceptions that such names engendered. In an Art Lab class, students wrote and shared about their personal experiences with various art forms like music and dance. Such interactions helped the students connect with one another on both aesthetic and emotional levels (Yamane 2001)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• J. A. Banks & C. A. M. Banks, eds. 1995. "Introduction." Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education. (pp. 3-24). New York: Macmillan.
• Goodwon, L. 2000. "Teachers as (multi)cultural agents in schools." In R. Carter, eds. Addressing Cultural Issues in Organizations. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
• Hale, J.E. 2001. Learning While Black. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Hodgkinson, H. 2002. "Demographics and teacher education." Journal of Teacher Education. 53(2): 102-105.
• Nichols, W. et al. 2000. "Teacher role in providing culturally responsive literacy instruction." Reading Horizons. 41(1): 1-18.

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