what is multiculturalism

1. MULTICULTURALISM

2. MULTICULTURALISM
- Term used to describe
societies (especially nations)
which have many distinct
cultural groups, usually as a
result of immigration.

3. Referents of Multiculturalism
Demographic-
descriptive
Ideological-
normative
Programmatic-
political

4. Demographic-
descriptive
- This occurs where the
world multicultural
refers to the existence
of linguistically,
culturally and ethically
diverse segments in the
population of a society.

5. Ideological-
normative
- The usage of
multiculturalism
constitutes a specific focus
towards the management
and organization of
governmental responses to
ethnic diversity.

6. Programmatic-
political
- The usage of
multiculturalism refers to
the specific policies
developed to respond and
manage ethnic diversity.

7. MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION

8. MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION
•This relates to
education and
instruction designed
for the culture of
different races in an
educational system.

9. MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION
•This approach to
teaching and learning
is based upon
consensus building,
respect, and fostering
cultural pluralism
within racial societies.

10. THE
DIMENSIONS OF
MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION

11. The
Dimensions of
Multicultural
Education
- Content Integration
- Knowledge
Construction Process
- Prejudice Reduction
- Equity Pedagogy
- Empowering School
Cultures
James A. Banks (1979)
formulated 5 specific dimensions:

12. Content
Integration
• This deals with infusion of
various cultures, ethnicities,
and other identities to be
represented in the
curriculum.

13. Knowledge
Construction
Process
•This involves
students in critiquing
the social positioning
of groups through
the ways that
knowledge is
represented

14. Prejudice Reduction
• This describes lessons and
activities the teachers
implement to assert positive
images of ethnic groups and
to improve intergroup
relations.

15. Equity
Pedagogy
This modifying teaching
styles and approaches
that will facilitate the
academic achievements
of students from diverse
racial, cultural, and
social class groups.

16. Empowering
School Cultures
This describes the examination
of the school staff with the intent
to restructure institutional
practice to create access for all
groups.

17. GOAL OF
MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION

18. GOAL OF
MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION
•This helps student
develop knowledge,
attitude, and skills to
participate in a
democratic/free society

19. FOUR APPROACHES
OF
MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION

20. FOUR APPROACHES OF
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
Contribution
Approach
Addictive
Approach
Transformation
Approach
Social Action
Approach

21. Contribution
Approach
•The ethnic heroes
and holidays are
included in the
curriculum.

22. Addictive
Approach
• This special units
and topics about
various groups are
added to, but do
not fundamentally
alter the
curriculum.

23. Transformation
Approach
•The entire Eurocentric
nature of the
curriculum is changed.
Students are taught to
view events and issues
from diverse ethnic and
cultural perspectives.

24. Social Action
Approach
• This goes beyond
transformation approach
• The students not only
learn to view issues from
multiple perspectives but
also become directly
involved in solving related
problems.