MULTI-CULTURAL

EDUCATION

By TOMAS T. GUARIN 3RD BPED

WHAT IS MULTI- CULTURAL
EDUCATION?
Multicultural education
is a form of education
that introduces
students to various
cultural backgrounds,
beliefs and values.
Multicultural Education:
Goals and Dimensions
Multicultural education is an idea,
an educational reform movement,
and a process (Banks, 1997).
 The Dimensions
of
Multicultural Education
FIVE DIMENSIONS OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION(Banks,
1995a)

 CONTENT INTEGRATION
THE KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
PREJUDICE REDUCTION
EQUITY PEDAGOGY
EMPOWERING SCHOOL CULTURE AND SOCIAL
STRUCTURE
To implement multicultural
education effectively, teachers
and administrators must attend
to each of the five dimensions
of multicultural education
described above. 
Although the five dimensions
of multicultural education
are highly interrelated, each
requires deliberate attention
and focus. 
 Content Integration
Teachers use several
different approaches to
integrate content about
racial, ethnic, and cultural
groups into the curriculum.
ontributions Approach
-this approach is used, teachers insert
isolated facts about ethnic and cultural
group heroes and heroines into the
curriculum without changing the structure
of their lesson plans and units.
Additive Approach
this approach, the organization and structure of
the curriculum remains unchanged. Special units
on ethnic and cultural groups are added to the
curriculum, such as units on African Americans in
the West, Indian Removal, and the internment of
the Japanese Americans.
Knowledge Construction and Transformation
The Transformation Approach brings
content about ethnic and cultural
groups from the margin to the center of
the curriculum. It helps students to
understand how knowledge is
constructed and how it reflects the
experiences, values, and perspectives
of its creators.
Personal, Social, and Civic Action
An important goal of multicultural education is to help
students acquire the knowledge and commitments
needed to make reflective decisions and to take
personal, social, and civic action to promote democracy
and democratic living. Opportunities for action help
students to develop a sense of personal and civic
efficacy, faith in their ability to make changes in the
institutions in which they live, and situations to apply the
knowledge they have learned (Banks, with Clegg, 1990).
Thank You
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