Good

Morning
everyone
How can you handle when
you experience the
conflicts or issues in a
multicultural classroom?
"ARRANGE ME"
1. FLICTINGCON MENTREQUIRESRE CEAPE
2. LISTICNAOITNA DAN NNAREGIOTICLIS
KUSHBACP
3. SISENCETPER FO HTE BROPMEL
4. CENHANE
5. LODEM ROME, LTEL ROME
Issues in teaching and
learning multicultural
literacy here in the
philippines
Today, we will...
Understand the different issues
in teaching and learning
multicultural literacy here in the
philippines
Issues:
Conflicting requirements for
peace
The heart of multicultural
literacy is peace
Productivity and non-violent
interaction
Nationalistic and regional
pushback
• The demand of multicultural sensivity,
inclusion and diversity in the recent years has
also given rise to resistance from group who
believe their identity is being watered down
The Persistence of the Problem
• On the surface, multicultural literacy might seem
to just be a matter of "good common sense,"
and understandably so, no one actively desires to
experience discrimination regarding what they
know and what they can and cannot do simply on
the basis of race, ethnicity, or in the case of the
Philippines, region of origin.
Boutte (2008) suggests that issues of
discrimination in all its forms (racial,
religious, tribal,
cultural, etc.) are realty issues of hatred,
which she defines in an educational
setting as "the lack of
compassion and lack of respect for the
rights of others," and that such hatred
must be fought and its
roots must be attacked, because for as
long as hatred exists in the human mind
real peace will be
impossible (Vreeland. 2001
Enhance
A majority of research on multicultural literacy stems from the West,
specifically the United
States, and focuses on teaching teachers to be more multicultural in their
pedagogies.

● Learn about other cultures. Banks (199 la) posits that the first step
to teaching mullticulturalism is knowing about cultures that are not your
own. It follows that if you, the teacher, know only your own culture, then
you will be unable to teach your students to
appreciate a culture that is different from your own.
● Familiarize yourself with how discrimination and prejudice
appear in your own culture.
Boutte (2008) and Banks (1991 b) agree that teachers muSt be
able to identify and confront
patterns of discrimination and prejudice in their own lives before
they can teach their students
to do the same. For example, when someone you just met says he
or she is from Mindanao,
what words immediately come out of your mouth in response? Do
they express genuine
acceptance, or do they betray some long-held preconceptions
about people from the region?
Model more, tell more.
People with disabilities find it challenging to navigate different
spaces because their needs are not always considered. For our
spaces to be truly inclusive, they should be accessible to
people with different physical abilities. This can be something
like adding adequate wheelchair ramps in buildings or updating
traffic signs with audio features. When we make may for these
solutions, everyone can have fun and be part of the community
in public spaces!
Globalization

is the process of interaction and

integration between people business
entities,
governments, and cultures from other
nations, driven by international trade and
investment and
supported by information technology.
Cultural Literacy

is the knowledge and understanding of the life of

a culture to the point where one
can fluently participate in the activities of the said
Cultured. This includes, but is not limited to, its
languages, traditions, values, beliefs, forms of
entertainment, and worldviews.
Multicultural Literacy is the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that
any communication with a
culture different from our own is clear, productive, and respectful such that
their differences are
celebrated and neither culture is demeaned or treated as inferior.

The skills and knowledge required to be multi-culturally literate are:

1. selflessness;
2. knowledge that good and useful things can (and do) come from those
different from us;
3. willingness to compromise;
4. acceptance that there are limits; and
5. Idea that we cannot be friends with everyone.
 ACTIVITY BREAK
Direction : Write T if the statement is TRUE and when it is FALSE write the correct
term to correct the statement.

1. The heart of multicultural literacy is peace.

2 Knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that any communication with a culture
Sameness from our own is clear, productive, and respectful such that their differences
are celebrated and neither culture is demand or treated as inferior.
3. On the surface, multicultural literacy might seem to just be a matter of "good
common sense,"and understandably so, no one actively desires to experience
discrimination regarding what theyknow and what they can.
4. Acceptance that there are limits;
5. The demand of multicultural sensivity, inclusion and diversity in the recent years has
also given rise to resistance from group who believe their identity is being watered
down
End Prepared by
Baguilod, Sheena Mae M.