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Multicultural Education in US
Goals Multicultural Education
In multicultural society and world, it is imperative to recognize and affirm our genuine commonality. Buffee insists schools should be looking for ways to engage culturally dissimilar students in understanding and dealing with one another effectively School must provide their students with intellectual awakening and growth. The intellect is exercised through encountering new people, new ideas, and new social constructs
Multicultural Education in US
The problem of educating students in a multicultural nation is not an easy assignment. The challenges and problems facing education in US are complicated by two factors
The US educational system is based on the idea that as many people as possible should have access to as much education as possible The increase of student cultural diversity
Multicultural Education in US
Approaches to multicultural Education
Multicultural education seeks to help students develop the knowledge attitudes, and skills to participate in a free and democratic society A multicultural education, therefore, must recognize the cultural diversity of students and the effect that diversity has on the learning process
Multicultural Education in US
In the classroom setting, both learning style and language diversity affect how students learn and participate in the educational process There are four dimension of learning styles subject to cultural variation
Cognitive Communication Relational Motivational style
Multicultural Education in US
Cognitive style understanding the different ways people a large role in determining individual preferences. Understanding the different ways people think and process information is essential to developing learning system appropriate to a multicultural society
Multicultural Education in US
There are four common cognition style in multicultural classroom
Field independence VS field sensitivity The manner in which people tend to perceive their environment and the emphasis they place on the field or the parts of the field Cooperative VS Competition A cognitive style denoting whether learners prefer to work together in a cooperative environment or to work independently in competition with one another
Multicultural Education in US
Trial and error VS watch then do
Refers to peoples preference to learn by engaging themselves in a task and learning to do it by trial and error or whether they prefer to observe first and then attempt the task.
Multicultural Education in US
Communication styles
In the classroom, communication is the most vital activity because it is the mechanism by which learning occurs Four styles of communication most relevant to the multicultural classroom
Direct VS indirect communication
The degree to which culture influences whether people prefer to engage in direct or indirect communication.
Multicultural Education in US
Formal VS Informal
The degree of formality expected in communication situations
Nonverbal communication
too varied to categorized into either/ or styles. The nonverbal communication form is heavily influenced by culture and is often misinterpreted in the classroom
Multicultural Education in US
Relational styles
The manner in which people relate to each other is called their relational style There are five relational style in multicultural education.
Dependent VS independent
The degree to which students rely on the support, help, and opinions of their teacher
Multicultural Education in US
Reflective VS Impulsivity
The degree to which students rely on the support, help, and opinions of their teacher
Reflectivity VS impulsivity
Indicative of how long students think about a question or problem before arriving at a conclusion.
Multicultural Education in US
Aural, visual, and verbal learning
The degree to which students are primarily aural, visual, or verbal learners
Multicultural Education in US
Motivation Styles
Cultures provide diverse reason why it is important and desirable to learn There are two types of motivational styles
Intrinsic VS extrinsic motivation Concerned with the source of motivation Learning on demand VS learning what is relevant or interesting Describes whether learning proceeds best based on a set curriculum or whether students should be permitted to learn about what is of interest and immediately relevant to them
Multicultural Education in US
Language Diversity in US
Language holds particular significance both in and out of the classroom Language is a system of symbolic substitution that enables us to share our experience and internal states with others. A common language assumes mutual understanding. It facilitates shared meaning and allows you to communicate on a similar level
Activities
How can multicultural education be effective if it must deal with a large variety of learning styles and language differences.