This document discusses multicultural education and inclusive pedagogy. It defines a multicultural classroom as one where teachers incorporate histories, texts, values and perspectives from different cultures. It notes the five main characteristics of multicultural education include content integration, knowledge construction, prejudice reduction, equity pedagogy and empowering school culture. Inclusive pedagogy creates an engaging learning environment for all students by being flexible, equitable, collaborative, personalized, and embracing diversity.

1. 5th Online Guru-Dakshta Faculty Induction Programme
Organised by UGC-HRDC Gujarat University - Ahmedabad
Submitted by : Roll No. 68 Dr. CHHAGANBHAI NARSHIBHAI PITHADIYA

2. अयं निजः परो वेनि गणिा लघुचेिसाम् । उदारचररिािां िु वसुधैव क
ु टुम्बकम् ॥ (महोपनिषद् , अध्याय ४, श्लोक ७१)
अर्थ - यह अपिा बन्धु है और यह अपिा बन्धु िह ं है, इस िरह क गणिा छोटे नचत्त वाले लोग करिे हैं। उदार हृदय वाले लोगों क िो (सम्पूणथ) धरि
ह पररवार है।
Unity in Diversity -Jawaharlal Nehru
“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all
belong to one human race." --Kofi Annan (Ghanian Diplomat, 7th UN SecretaryGeneral,
2001 Nobel Peace Prize Winner; b. 1938)
“We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It’s our responsibility to
bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together
in peace." --Jackie Chan (Chinese Actor, Philanthropist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador;
b. 1954)
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity - Ramkrishna

3. A Multicultural Classroom refers to any classroom
where teachers incorporated the histories, texts,
values, beliefs, and perspectives of people from
different cultural backgrounds.

4. Source & courtesy : https://www.ehc.edu/inclusion-dialogue-center/academic-diversity/inclusive-teaching/

5. Characteristics
CLASS. Multicultural education has five main
characteristics and goals. These are content integration,
knowledge construction, prejudice reduction, equity
pedagogy and empowering school culture and social
structure.
Importance
The significance of multicultural education is that it gives
individuals the opportunity to examine their own
social and cultural biases, break down those biases,
and change their perspective within their own setting.

6.  Exposures students to the different cultural values and beliefs and acceptance of differences.
 It instills tolerance and acceptance in individuals.
 It promotes cultural relevance, anti-bias classroom, challenges students to think critically
 The method encourages students to assimilate while keeping their culture and values intact and, this makes
them feel a sense of inclusion.
 By being culturally conscious teachers, without any bias, can help students assimilate without having
compromise their cultural identity.
 It promotes celebrating a students’ culture
Advantages of Multicultural Education

7.  Study together from the same curriculum, making everyone understand the subject
is difficult.
 There is a chance that teachers may struggle to figure out how thoroughly the
students are understanding the material.
 Since not all students hail from the same background this builds a language barrier.
 People from other cultures may be non-confrontational, submissive or otherwise
indirect.
 Teachers in multicultural classrooms must be prepared to handle the conflicts and
miscommunications that tend to arise among the students from different cultures
have different values, beliefs, traditions, assumptions, behavioral patterns, etc.
Disadvantages of Multicultural Education

8. Inclusive pedagogy at its core is a student-centered
approach to teaching that faculty create an inviting and
engaging learning environment to all the students with
varied backgrounds, learning styles, and physical and
cognitive abilities in the classroom. Drawing from a large
body of the scholarship of teaching and learning, it is
clear that inclusive pedagogy improves learning
outcomes when faculty attend to student differences and
take deliberate steps to ensure that all students feel
welcomed and supported in the classroom (Florian, 2015;
Spratt & Florian, 2015)
What is Inclusive pedagogy ?

9. Principles of Inclusive Pedagogy
 Being Flexible – open to change and versatile
 Being Equitable – ensuring consistency and
accessibility for all
 Working Collaboratively – involving students and
stakeholders
 Supporting Personalization – recognizing that
successful learning and teaching is governed by
personal difference
Embracing Diversity – creating opportunities to develop
awareness of diversity and global issues