Write an essay on Education in the 21st-century (250-300 words).

Your
essay should have five paragraphs, following this pattern: introduction,
body (3 paragraphs), conclusion.
Your essay should include these topics, but not necessarily in this order:

Your essay should include quotations and paraphrasing from the 4 references
provided below (you must use all of them). You must indicate references in the
body of the text as well as at the end of the text. Note that the references are
not in order and you must put them in order in your list either following the APA
or the MLA system. You must be consistent when using the referencing
systems, that is, you must use only one (either APA or MLA), both inside the
text and in the reference list or works cited.

1. Multicultural Education.
2. Citizens in the 21st societies.

(texts adapted)

Text Reference 1: Author: Agada, J.; Journal: The Urban Review, 30(1), 77-
95; Article: Multicultural education and the emerging paradigm: An essay in
cultural epistemology; Year: 1998;

This article discusses the origins of multicultural education from the perspective
of cultural epistemology. It contends that at issue in the multicultural education
debate is the challenge of paradigmatic shifts in understanding multicultural
society and multiculturalism as sociopolitical constructs. A review of the value
systems of the anthropomorphic, scientific, and emerging paradigms suggests
that the debate is, in essence, a contest between prevailing and emerging
cultural paradigms.

The values which underlie multicultural education seem to converge with the
ideals of participatory democracy. Consequently, multicultural education and
multiculturalism may be analyzed as phases in the evolution of liberal
democracies. The emerging paradigm serves as the catalyst in that process.
The article concludes with proposals for integrating the values systems of the
emerging paradigm with the theories and practices of multicultural education.

Text Reference 2: Author: Fullinwider, R. K., & MacLean, D.; Year: 1996;
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Book: Public education in a
multicultural society: Policy, theory, critique;

The good school must adjust itself “culturally” to the students, and it must
overcome “cultural” barriers to the students´ adjusting to it Here is the germinal
idea of multicultural education. Multicultural education is what good schools do
in the face of extensive “cultural” differences among students and teachers.
Multicultural education is what good schools do in the face of ext3nsive
“cultural” differences among students and teachers. Multicultural education is
what good schools do to assume that “cultural” factors are not in the way of
equal educational opportunity and high student achievement.

Text Reference 3: Author: Christine E. Sleeter, Joseph M. Larkin

Book: Developing Multicultural Teacher Education Curricula. Publisher: State
University of New York Press. Year:(1995).

In describing a multicultural education project for teacher trainees, G,William

McDiarmid reports that “the more people know about others who are different
from themselves, the less likely they are to view these others negatively” (1992,
89). To promote learning, the diversity of knowledge and experiences among
students must be considered. Additionally health educators can “bring a health
topic to life” (Poris 1989,20) when they capitalize on the wealth of culture,
tradition, and community identification present among students.

Text Reference 4: Author: Mc.Gonigal, Eve; Journal: Journal of Education and

Training Studies; Publisher: Published by Redfame Publishing; URL:
http://jets.redfame.com; Volume. 6, No. 7; Date: July 2018