EDUC-K 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Multicultural Education, Nonverbal Communication, Intellectual Disability
Document Summary
Through personal freedom and pride for all groups: some people are concerned if we teach multiculturalism that many of our moral standards and academic competence will be comprised. Implementing multicultural education : there are some problems: Racism and discrimination (about those not taught about) Disagreement about curriculum (among society and professionals: how/what do we teach, which cultures do we teach about, goals of multicultural education, moves away from culture-blindness that ignores cultural differences, within ethnic groups: Commonalities of: historic origins, shared identities, heritage, traditions, behavior patterns, political and economic interests, all cultures have, exceptionality groups. Share a set of abilities or disabilities that are especially valued or require special accommodation. 2: we aren"t all the same, but we"re all human beings, cultural difference and disability, identification and classification procedures that result in accurate placement and services for students, teaching and instruction can include. Effective teaching strategies: assessment of the students that is unbiased.
