Multicultural

Multicultural Struggles Being an immigrant or a multicultural race was often a struggle for many people. Sometimes, immigrants were treated very unfairly. Also, it was hard for immigrants to even start a life in America. Immigrants have to go through a lot of steps to be a citizen and start their life over here. Most times, multicultural people face many obstacles such as learning the language, education, and racism. Education, on the other hand, could also be a positive when coming to America.…

Sonia Nieto's Article and Teaching Philosophy As future educators we must ask ourselves, “How can we incorporate multicultural education (MCE) into the curriculum?” Sonia Nieto (1994) quoted in Moving Beyond Tolerance in Multicultural Education, “Multicultural education is not a unitary concept. On the contrary, it can be thought of as a range of options across a wide spectrum that includes such diverse strategies as bilingual/bicultural programs, ethnic studies courses, Afrocentric curricula,…

teaching are especially important when dealing with multicultural education. Schools today are rich in student diversity, and multicultural education needs to be addressed. Multicultural education has not yet become a central part of curriculum, and has too often been regulated by social studies, language arts and fine arts that are targeted towards students of color. These attitudes, or lack of attention to multicultural education, can distort multicultural education. This is where “differences…

which makes critics and teachers believe it is not needed nor is it a real thing. Stephanie Spina in a 1997 opinion paper “What’s In a Name? An Argument Against ‘Multicultural’ Education,” addresses the common belief that multicultural education is only towards students from another race than the dominant group. Therefore, multicultural courses or agendas are put to the outer limits or on the edge of discussion (3). She further details that this “neutralizes conflict” and “depreciates the…

In this article the author suggests that the increasing number of diverse populations in the United States, it is important to remember that the ways in which different cultures view physical activity may play a part in the marginalization of physical education. Diversity is defined as differences in groups of people and individuals based on ethnicity, race, language, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, exceptionalities, and religion. All of the aspects of diversity are a "culture"…

opportunity truly grant every person with the resources and access he or she needs in order to succeed in a standardized education system? With incredibly different ethnic groups coming together in one system, how can a general education adapt to a multicultural curriculum in order to promote appreciation for cultural diversity? Thurgood Marshall once stated that “the United States has been called the melting pot of the world, but it seems that the colored man either missed getting into the pot…

Journal: Multicultural Awareness This journal will discuss my multicultural awareness and explain the results of my multicultural assessment. It will then journey through my realization of other and explains the impact it had on my cultural beliefs. Lastly, it will contain my counselor identity and the changes I plan to implement as a result of my self – assessment. Multicultural Self-Assessment After I completed the multicultural self-assessment, I realized that I should be more aware of the…

groups within the curriculum of schools and universities. The study of Multicultural Education has a significant link to African American ethnic studies, which emerged during the twentieth century (Banks & Ambrosio, n.d.) Banks (2009) states that Multicultural education is the theory that all children have a right to an equal opportunity to learn in school regardless of social class, ethnicity and gender. The concept of Multicultural education requires reform within educational intuitions and…

I think multicultural education is very important. As a person of color, it is very important to know your cultural background. It wasn’t until I got in this class, that I realize how important cultural is. Some of the event that happen in the book, I never heard of in my early class. I think every child should be educate on the history of their people and other people. It is very important for student to learn multicultural education. Like in the article about Steeler, she said, it was very…

The History and Role of Multicultural Children’s Literature Many authors throughout time, have written different types of multicultural children’s books, such as, mystery, dramatic, funny, etc. Every story contains different life lessons or ideals whether it’s about how to not bully others or just about how some characters in the book just go for a picnic in a park. Each story is capable of teaching children aspects about life and use these stories as guidelines as they reach maturity. However,…