Multicultural_Education

Multicultural Education Multicultural Education We are distinguished and united by differences and similarities according to gender, age, language, culture, race, sexual identity, and income level--just to name a few. Such diversity challenges our intellect and emotions as we learn to work and live together in harmony. Information and resources are provided here to help you learn how diversity can become a resource for enrichment rather than a source of conflict and divisiveness. Multicultural education is intended to decrease race, ethnicity, class, and gender divisions by helping all students attain the knowledge, attitudes, and skills they need in order to become active citizens in a democratic society and participate in social change (Valdez, 1999). It is imperative that teachers learn how to recognize, honor, and incorporate the personal abilities of students into their teaching strategies (Gay, 2000). If this is done, then school achievement will improve. Multicultural education is a progressive approach for transforming education that holistically critiques and addresses current shortcomings, failings, and discriminatory practices in education. It is grounded in ideals of social justice, education equity, and a dedication to facilitating educational experiences in which all students reach their full potential as learners and as socially aware and active students, diversity, teachers, education, about, cultures, teaching, different, classroom, children, parents, student, own, multicultural, learning, cultural, each, understand, multi-cultural, learn, way, need, must, important, culture, school, order, one, methods, incorporate, help, experiences, bias, world, ways