Celebration and Separation: A Troublesome Approach to Multicultural Education

Autor/in	Luther, Kristin
Titel	Celebration and Separation: A Troublesome Approach to Multicultural Education
Quelle	In: Multicultural Perspectives, 11 (2009) 4, S.211-216 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0960
Schlagwörter	Multicultural Education; Student Reaction; Racial Identification; Classrooms; Teaching Methods; Literature; Middle Schools; Racial Composition; Educational Change; Racial Relations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multikulturelle Erziehung; Schülerkritik; Classroom; Klassenraum; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Literatur; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Bildungsreform
Abstract	Middle school classrooms can be fertile ground for positively impacting students' cultural and racial assumptions and understanding, given an effective multicultural curriculum and school structure. This article presents a narrative of the author's contrasting experiences teaching a text with racial themes. Applicable literature provides a framework for explaining the students' differing levels of receptivity towards the text. Three particular areas of study provide the framework for explaining student response: a school's approach to multicultural literature; school structure, in particular, tracking; and theories of racial identity development. In addition, the author challenges adults involved in the educational system to implement truly multicultural approaches to learning, despite the potential discomfort or unpopularity of such change. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10