I selected the article “Profoundly Multicultural Questions,” by Sonia Nieto to focus my journal entry based on my professional practice and personal interest. Nieto questions educational inequality, as well as, provide statistics and discussions concerning the multicultural education and achievement gaps between different races and ethnicities. The author asks four main questions to demonstrate the inequitable educational system that is growing and expanding to provide all students of all backgrounds an equal chance to learn. Nieto states that there needs to be more than ethnic tidbits and cultural sensitivity, as well as, a deep commitment to social justice and equal access to resources…
The mainstream curriculum focuses on the upper hand of mainstream students, while diminishing the importance of the cultures of students of color. The ultimate goal in this chapter is to bring forth a multicultural curriculum. Chapter 9 goes into detail about the four different approaches to integration of ethnic content that are involved in the mainstream curriculum. We are able to examine through Anglo-centric history that is taught in the U.S. with the help of Loewen’s book Lies across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong how public history is perceived in a positive notion to present a gleaming image of Anglo…
Introduction Within the counseling profession, there is an ever-increasing awareness of multicultural issues and the application of multicultural competencies. Both the American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Code of Ethics, and the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Diversity’s (AMCD) Multicultural Counseling Competencies, directly address the consideration of diversity and culture within diagnosis and therapeutic relationship. Code E.5.c in the ACA Code of Ethics (2014) states, “Counselors recognize historical and social prejudices in the misdiagnosis and pathologizing of certain individuals and groups and strive to become aware of and address such biases in themselves or others,” (p. 11).…
When reading ”Mobilizing culture, language, and educational practices, Fulfilling the promises of Mendez and Brown” by Moll, L (2010) it goes on to explain the landmark brown v. board of education (1954) involving the Mexican and Mexican American students who lived in California. The Méndez family brought this case in relation to brown and cultural aspects involving what was happing to education at that time. From the reading I did not know how important this case was to everyone but that the law allowed segregation to Asians and Native Americans and did not go into detail for Mexican children. I found it interesting that when Gonzalo asked for help from a Hispanic organization they refused but helped later on. All Gonzalo wanted was to Change the education for children of the future.…
The focus of multicultural and diverse education is focused on race, religion, and the socioeconomic statuses of a…
You have very well explained the achievement gap as an important concept related to multicultural education due to sociocultural such as low-income families and culturally diverse students, School condition in relation to the resources as compared between upper middle and lower middle district. I feel that the major contributor to increase the achievement gap is “low level parental education and weak family support system.” I notice this scenario in my school every school year, in general parents who are highly educated tend to involve more in their kids’ education and pay an active role as tutor, mentor and guide the kids to success as compared to the parents who are not very well educated. Here I will present an example from the previous…
To be cultural competent is a clear expectation of the National Quality Framework (NQF) and features strongly in the Early Year Learning Framework (EYLF) as well as the National Quality Standard (NQS). Becoming culturally competent is as much about what we do every day, the little decisions we make and the words we use, as it is about what we understand, what we think and what we believe. Cultural competence is a term that is used to describe the ways in which individuals and services work to support, promote and embrace cultural difference. An early childhood service environment should feel and look welcoming for all children and should reflect the diverse world we live in.…
My philosophy of Multicultural Education is someone that provides a successful learning environment for every student. In my future classroom every student will accept all cultures and I will try to prevent very little if any prejudice and discrimination. In order to achieve this type of environment I must be culturally competent. To be culturally competent means you have to take the time and researches the different cultures, genders, and disabilities in your classroom or school. This research can be done from internet, students, parents, observation, or even simply asking questions.…
Arredondo, P., & Tovar-Blank, Z. G. (2014). Multicultural competencies: A dynamic paradigm for the 21st century. In F.T. Leong, L. Comas-Diaz, G.C. Nagayama Hall, V.C. McLoyd, and J.E. Trimble (Eds.) APA Handbook of Multicultural Psychology, Vol. 1: Theory and Research.…
Discussion “Good teachers anywhere are good teachers everywhere” (Gay, 2018, p. 29). That statement embodies the dialogues taking place in the field of education and the significance of discussions that influence my teaching practice. What do good teachers look like? What do good teachers do?…
Throughout the state of Arizona there is an issue being debated around the state over multiculturalism in the classroom because of ethnic study classes that are in the schools. This heated argument began when a new Arizona law that was being made, that stated that they will ban ethnic studies from public an charter school. The reason behind the creation of this law is because certain individuals saw these classes as a "threat" to overthrow the government and "promote" ethnic solidarity over other students due the topics and books that were being used in the classrooms as materials. Which they used this law to get rid of Mexican-American studies alone over that reason without looking into the ethnic classes it self, for what it is. However, that not what others who are for these classes see it as, specially the teacher who are teaching theses classes to them.…
Throughout Mr.Davis’ class there was great discussion on what is means to lives in a “Eurocentric” society, just as well, the “classes embodied multicultural education: [i]t was grounded in the lives, identities, and histories of students; it provided critical and alternative perspectives on history”(Au 2014: 86). The piece goes on to explain how perceptions on the rigor of multicultural education are often false, once more using Mr.Davis and Mr.Anderson as comparaisons. Mr.Anderson’s classroom though heavily focused on the workload and memorization was not exactly intellectually challenging, while Mr.Davis’ diverse approached forced the students to deeply and critically think about the world they lived in (Au 2014:…
Children begin forging their opinions of the world at an early age. Because of this, schools need to be more inclusive and promote diversity. These discussions can start by pointing out the differences between families, ethnicity and origin. According to an article by Janet Chang and Thao N. Le about the importance of multiculturalism, previous research shows “… that strengthening students’ perceptions of multiculturalism yields positive academic and social outcomes for minority youth.” Schools need to address these issues in order to develop better members of our society…
The Cultural Diversity in School class was well-known for teaching students how to be a better educators and better future teachers. It was well-known for giving students the support, the experience, and the opportunity to be able to participate in class projects as well as community project services. For my experience and throughout the semester at the course, I believe I achieved the goal of my role as student and as a future educator. Throughout the semester I was trying to find a way applying what I am learning to my personal and future life. Taking into consideration that the class mainly focus on the idea of how to be a multi professional teachers as well as how to apply what is being taught to Native American as well as Refugee students…
Gender surrounds us daily through our beliefs, actions, and behavior. Gender differences and equality have become a major topic in the area of education. This paper will examine the differences between males and females and what future educators can do to in promoting equal opportunity under the multicultural education concept. Research has shown the biological differences between males and females are based on the X and Y-chromosomes that verify the sex of the child and signify a minute quantity of the total gene pool (Gollnick and Chinn 2013). According to Gollnick and Chinn (2013:111) "Males and females share roughly 99.8% of their genes."…