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A 3 page research paper/essay that discusses multicultural education—its goals, how they should be achieved, and how schools should transform to accommodate these goals. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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background (Gorski, 2006). J.A. Banks describes multicultural education as both a "reform movement," and a "process," which seeks to achieve the goal of providing "equal educational opportunities for all students,"
regardless of "racial, ethnic, and social-class groups" (Banks, No Date). The underlying goal of multicultural education is nothing less than the transformation of society through the elimination of "oppression and
injustice" (Gorski, 2006). While educators agree on the above-stated goals of multicultural education, there is less consensus on how to go about achieving these goals. However, to facilitate achieving these
goals, Banks identifies five distinct areas pertaining to multicultural education. These are "content integration, the knowledge construction process, prejudice reduction, an equity pedagogy and an empowering school culture and social
structure" (Banks, No Date). Content integration addresses the manner in which teachers incorporate content from a variety of cultural sources into curricula in order to illustrate "key concepts, generalizations, and
issues within subject areas or disciplines" (Banks, No Date). Knowledge construction describes how educators aid students in comprehending, exploring and discerning how bias and cultural frames of reference can
influence how reality is perceived. Prejudice reduction refers to lessons and activities that teachers employ to aid students in developing positive attitudes toward "different racial, ethnic and cultural groups" (Banks,
No Date). Research indicates that children arrive at school often with negative attitudes and misconceptions about other racial and ethnic groups already present. However, research also indicates that materials that
teach students about different racial and ethnic groups can change those attitudes and help students to develop psychologically healthier, more positive attitudes (Banks, No Date). Research also indicates that
teaching methods should be cultural sensitive. For example, both African American and Mexican American cultures are geared to learning in cooperative groups, rather than as competitive individuals, which is the
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