This is a powerpoint presentation that I have made for multicultural education. Mechanics of the activities and specific instructions will be shared upon request (joarchival@gmail.com)

1. https://youtu.be/7jiaU0xs
JO Archival

2. Muticulturalism
&
Cosmopolitanism
Is it good for our schools or not?

3. “ Random Grouping”

4. YES
Filipino: “Oo”
Hawaiian: “ ‘ae”
Samoan: “Ioe”
French: “Oui”
Mandarin: “Shi”
Hebrew: “Ken”
Japanese: “Hai”
NO
Hindi: “Nahin”
German: “Nein”
Vietnamese: “Khong”
Greek: “Ochi”
Swahili: “Hapana”
Arabic: “La”
Cherokee: “Vtla”

5. Pilot & Co-pilots
1. Go around the world
2. Read the position paper
3. Discussion / Debate
4. Go beyond

6. What is Multiculturalism?
“It is a people-centered and a culture-centered
framework in education.”
It has four important goals:
1. Build tolerance of other cultures
2. To eliminate racism
3. To teach the content of different cultures
4. To teach students to view the world from
differing cultural frames of reference

7. What is Cosmopolitanism?
- A perspective that regards the whole world
as a focus for citizenship and mutual
concerns.
- To be “at home” anywhere in the world is
the mark of a cosmopolitan.
- ...learning to make sound arguments that
depend on distinction other than national
identity.

8. Widely agreed upon:
● Education should help
eliminate racism
● Social justice should be
discussed and promoted in
schools.

9. Most difficult challenge for
Multicultural Education
● How to approach the study
of subcultures within the
United States, especially
problems associated with
subcultures that are not
defined by language (ex.
Homosexuality, Christian Americans and Muslim
Americans)

10. “ What about today?”
Much of the debate over
multicultural education today
centers on bilingual instruction.

11. Let’s take a poll and see what
everyone thinks.
Kahoots

12. Warning!!!
When defenders of the rights of minority groups
(dominated cultures) say that such behavior is
“not American,” it is time for a history lesson.
- Treatment of Native Americans
- Treatment of Blacks in the post-Civil War
era,
- Treatment of Chinese laborers on our
western frontier
- Treatment of German Americans during
World War 1
- Treatment of Jews with respect to club
memberships and college admission
- Treatment of Japanese Americans during
World War 2
=== Our principles were there, written down for
the whole world to see, but we did not always live
by those principles.

14. It is understandable, even desirable,
for students to be proud of their
American heritage. It is also
understandable that some critics of
secular education fear that a beloved
tradition will be lost if students are
encouraged to criticize their nation’s
failings, to understand other
cultures, and to appreciate a full
range of religious perspective.
Are these tasks that public schools
should undertake?

15. The challenge to today’s educators is
to find a way to prepare well-
informed citizens who can listen to
and analyze the arguments advanced
for patriotism, American military
leadership, multicultural education,
and cosmopolitanism without
attacking one another.
To do this with generosity and
without indoctrinating is a task
worthy of Socrates.

16. “The Educator’s Dilemma”
Our moral obligation and human
concern should not end at national
boundaries, but how should we
balance our teaching so that the
patriotism we are called upon to
encourage does not threaten our
relationship with people all over the
world?

17. Chastened Patriotism
Such patriotism celebrates national
identity but recognizes faults and
shortcomings in a nation’s practices.
It is willing to learn from others, and
it encourages an attitude that tries to
see the world from the perspective of
others.

18. Thank you for listening!!!