Multicultural Literacy

1. DIVERSITY

2. CULTURAL LITERACY
EDUC5- BUILDING AND ENHANCING NEW LITERACIES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

3. CULTURAL LITERACY
 Cultural literacy is a term coined by Hirsch (1983), referring to the
ability to understand the signs and symbols of a given culture and
able to participate in its activities and customs as opposed to simply
being passive (and outside) observer. The signs and symbols of a
include both its formal and informal languages, its idioms and forms of
expression, entertainment, values, customs, roles, traditions, and the
like-most of which are assumed and unstated. Thus, they are learned
being part of the culture, rather than by any formal means.

5. “The classroom was in absolute
bedlam.”

6. “What makes something or someone
‘Filipino’?”

7. MULTICULTURAL LITERACY
EDUC5- BUILDING AND ENHANCING NEW LITERACIES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

8. MULTICULTURAL LITERACY
 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
their differences are celebrated and neither culture is
demeaned or treated as inferior.

9. SECTION 1: CULTURAL AND MULTICULTURAL LITERACY
1. Have you interacted with people who have a
different culture from yours? What is your attitude
towards them? Describe your interaction with them.
2. How can you teach multi-cultural literacy in a
classroom. Discuss your answer by describing your
lesson delivery for the lesson.