Transcript Creating the Multicultural Classroom

Multicultural
Education
Kendall’s Five Primary Goals for
Multicultural Education
• #1 Teach children to respect others’ cultures
and values as well as their own
Kendall’s Goal #2
• Help all children learn
to function successfully
in a multicultural,
multiracial society
Kendall’s Goal #3
• Develop a positive
self-concept in
children who are
most affected by
racism
Kendall’s Goal #4
Help all children experience in
positive ways both their differences as
culturally diverse people and their
similarities as human beings.
Kendall’s Goal #5
Encourage children to
experience people of
diverse cultures
working together as
unique parts of a
whole community
Sleeter & Grant’s Research
• In 1994 extensive analyses of multicultural
curricula in grades K-12 were conducted.
• Based on their research a model of five
approaches was developed, and the
human relations approach will be utilized
in our program.
The Human Relations Approach
• Is grounded on pro-social behaviors and
positive interaction among people,
• Promotes positive feelings in children,
• Provides a sense of unity, tolerance, and
acceptance of social diversity
Human Relations Approach
Goal #1
• Help students communicate with, accept,
and get along with people who are
different from them,
Human Relations Approach
Goal #2
• Reduce or eliminate stereotypes that
students have about people,
Human Relations Approach
Goal #3
Help students
feel good about
themselves as
individuals and
members of their
group,
Human Relations Approach
Goal #4
Prevent situations where
children offend others by
putting them down because
of their affiliations or
characteristics
Four Basic Principles for Teachers
• Is comprehensive throughout entire curriculum and is
schoolwide to avoid sending mixed messages
• Uses a variety of teaching strategies with active
involvement
• Uses real-life and child-relevant experiences
• Activities are built around success for all children which
avoids competition and encourages participation
Suggested Themes
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We are friends
We care for people
Sharing with friends
I am important
My family and yours
We all have feelings
Friends everywhere
We can play together
We live and work together
We are alike & different
Classroom Environment
• What the child sees in the classroom sends an
initial message which forms impressions and
interpretations.
value all
Do the visuals on the
walls and materials
welcome and
children?
Evidence of a Culturally Balanced
ECE Environment is found in . . .
Art & Literature
Learning materials
Music and movement
Games and play activities
Attitudes and behaviors
Positive Attitudes & Behaviors
• Attitudes are dispositions (one’s nature and
frame of mind) that we have toward one
another.
• Behaviors are overt (open and observable) or
covert (hidden and disguised) actions that we
exhibit in response to situations.
• Behaviors are guided by our attitudes!
Create a Culture of Peace in the
Classroom
Promote & model harmony and well-being,
accept one another, treat each child equally,
prevent stereotyping of others, and teach
bias-free behaviors.
We are all friends in preschool!
(ucancap.org)