Dimensions of Multicultural Education.pptx

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1. Dimensions of Multicultural Education

2. What is Multicultural Education?

3. BANKS AND BANKS (1995) – define multicultural education as a field of study and an emerging discipline whose major aim is to create equal educational opportunities from diverse racial, ethnic, social class, and culture. JAMES BANKS (2001) – 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. Multicultural education is a process because its goals are ideals that teachers and administrators should constantly strive to achieve.

4. Five Dimensions of Multicultural Education Created by Dr. James A. Banks

5. Content Integration Deals with the extent to which teachers use examples and content from a variety of cultures in their teaching.

6. Knowledge Construction Teacher helps the students understand, investigate, and determine how the biases, frames of references, and perspectives within a discipline influence the ways in which knowledge is constructed.

7. Prejudice Reduction Describes lessons and activities used by teachers to help students develop positive attitudes towards different racial , ethnic and cultural groups.

8. Equity Pedagogy Exists when teachers modify their teaching ways that will facilitate the academic achievement of students from diverse racial, cultural and social class groups.

9. Empowering Sc hool Culture The culture and organization of culture are transformed in ways that enable students from diverse racial, ethnic, and gender groups to experience equality and equal status.

10. Growth of Students’ Subculture

11. SUBCULTURE Sociologists define subculture as cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society’s population. Subcultures can be based on age, ethnicity, residence, sexual preference, occupation, and many factors. Sometimes , the special cultural traits of a particular group are too numerous and too interwoven to be called specialties.

12. Main Types of Subculture REACTIVE - the members of a particular sub-cultural group develop norms and values that are both a response to and opposition against the prevailing norms and values that exist in a predominantly middle-class or conventional culture. INDEPENDENT - when members of the group hold a set of norms and beliefs that are “self contained” and specific to the group.

13. An individual’s place in society can be looked at on two basic levels: In terms of a general sense of culture. What it means to people, for example, to be English, French, American, etc. In terms of a specific sense of subcultures. That is, the various groups we belong to involve particular sets of norms that apply only when we participate in these groups.

14. COUNTERCULTURE Exist when a subculture adopts values and beliefs that are predominantly in opposition to those of larger society.

15. Functions of Subcultures PERMITTING SPECIALIZED ACTIVITY - because subcultures (particularly occupational subcultures) carry the knowledge necessary to perform specialized tasks, they are essential to the division of labor which is essential in any society which is becoming larger and more complex. IDENTITY IN MASS SOCIETY – subcultures also provide a source of identity in mass society, thus preventing feelings of isolation and anomie. CULTURAL ADAPTATION AND CHANGE – another important function of subcultures is to serve as a source of adaptation to society. Often a subculture is the mechanism through which cultural diffusion occurs.

16. QUIZ! Get a ¼ sheet of yellow paper

17. It is a field of study and an emerging discipline whose major aim is to create equal educational opportunities from diverse racial, ethnic, social class, and culture . Social Dimensions Multicultural Education Cultural Education Intercultural Education

18. 2. Who created the five dimensions of multicultural education? John Locke Ivan Pavlov James Banks Bruno Skinner

19. 3. Which of the following is NOT a dimension of multicultural education? Content Integration Equity Pedagogy Knowledge Construction Identity in Mass Society

20. 4 . Which dimension of multicultural education d eals with the extent to which teachers use examples and content from a variety of cultures in their teaching ? Content Integration Equity Pedagogy Knowledge Construction Identity in Mass Society

21. 5. Which dimension of multicultural education e xists when teachers modify their teaching ways that will facilitate the academic achievement of students from diverse racial, cultural and social class groups ? Content Integration Equity Pedagogy Knowledge Construction Identity in Mass Society

22. 6 . It is a cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society’s population ? Subculture Culture Counterculture Multiculture

23. 7. It e xist when a subculture adopts values and beliefs that are predominantly in opposition to those of larger society ? Subculture Culture Counterculture Multicultural

24. 8 . What type of subculture wherein the members of the group hold a set of norms and beliefs that are “self contained” and specific to the group ? Reactive Independent In terms of a general sense of culture d) In terms of a specific sense of subcultures

25. 9. It is the special cultural traits of a particular group that are too numerous and too interwoven . Superpowers Profession Expertise d) Specialties

26. 10. What function of subculture provide a source of identity in mass society, thus preventing feelings of isolation and anomie ? Permitting Specialized Activity Identity in Mass Society Cultural Adaptation And Change Empowering School Culture

27. Bonus Points!!! What are the 5 Dimensions of Multicultural Education? (1pt. each) What are the 2 Main Types of Subculture (1pt. each ) What are the 3 Functions of Subculture? (1pt. each)

28. Key Answers B C D A B A C B D B

29. Key Answers 5 Dimensions of Multicultural Education Content Integration Knowledge Construction Prejudice Reduction Equity Pedagogy Empowering School Culture

30. Key Answers Main Types of Subculture Reactive Independent 3 Functions of Subculture Permitting Specialized Activity Identity in Mass Society Cultural Adaptation And Change