MULTICULTURAL

EDUCATION

MULTICULTURAL

EDUCATION

“Multicultural education encompasses theories and practices that strive to promote equitable access and rigorous academic achievement for students from all diverse groups so they can work toward social change”

Patty Bode, 2008

“It provides students with a global, and international perspective of the world in which they live. It seeks to eliminate racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender stereotypes and to resolve or ameliorate problems associated with racism and prejudice.”

de Marquez, 2002

Dimensionsof

Multicultural

Education

• Content Integration

• Knowledge construction process

• Prejudice reduction

• Equity pedagogy

• Empowering school culture

By: James A. Banks (1991, 2004, 2006)

Goals of Multicultural Education1. It should help students to develop the

knowledge , attitudes and skills to

participate in a democratic and free

society.

2. It should also promote the freedom, abilities

and skills to cross ethnic and cultural

boundaries in other cultures and groups.

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3. It should provide students with

the skills to participate in social

action to make the nation more

democratic and free.

Four LevelsOf

Multicultural EducationContributio

nsAdditive

TransformationalSocial

Action

Lesson Planning

for the Multicultural

Classroom

• Goals and Objectives

• Materials and Resources

• Anticipatory set or entry

• Instructional Input

• Guided Practice

• Independent Practice

• Assessment/evaluation

Jane Marie L. MercadoElyssa Kay V. Martinez