EDUC 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Multicultural Education, Class Discrimination, Eurocentrism

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Education
• Course: EDUC 124
• Professor: E L G A N Z O U R Y, H.

Document Summary

Culturally responsive pedagogy is a students-centered approach to teaching which the students unique cultural strengths are identified and nurtured to promote student achievement and a sense of well-being. Our major goal is to enable all children to reach their fullest potential. Expand traditional curriculum (anglo-european perspective) to include multiple perspectives. Detection of bias in texts, media, and all educational material. Students can find their voice through the curriculum and see themselves in it. Assumption eurocentric curriculum in the us is a tool for racism. Self-reflection and challenge our own cultural assumptions and biases. Ability to interact effectively with people from different cultures. Assumption: reeducation of racial and cultural prejudice is possible and desirable and can be done. Combat all forms of racism, sexism, classism, other forms of oppression. Cultural pluralism: can maintain same values and be parallels of dominate cultural ( salad) Privilege- one class or race has the advantage. 40% of school age children are ethnic minority.