Information And Awareness In Multicultural Education

The information and awareness I received from taking the “Online Multicultural Education and Equity Awareness Quiz”, was, to me at least, not very helpful as a future educator or as a student of higher education. The main reasons for this, are the outdated research some of these questions are based on; for example, four questions had the claim that the statistic was based off a study done around the time of 2006, 2007, or 2008, the first date alone is from ten years ago, the statistics would have surely changed. Aside from just this, questions like number twelve do not even state a data the answer comes from, leading me to question if the information is even still relevant, essentially seeing as how it claims that 84.5% of teachers say nothing …show more content…
Despite my dislike of some of the questions, this quiz does make clear that people will blindly believe any statistic, study, or unchecked belief at their disposal to prove a point. As a future teacher, especially a history teacher, this will always be on my mind. An example of what I mean: as a history teacher I deal with culture in every lesson, whether it be ancient Rome or America from the 60s; one key concept all students must learn is another country 's cultural; knowing that anyone, even students can be exposed to outdated information like shown in the quiz, can help me teach to the students. If a student makes a claim against a country 's culture that could be taken negatively by another student or simply bring a class off topic with laughter than being able to prove or disprove the claim would allow me, the teacher, to ensure it would never happen again or if school appropriate, would allow us to have a classroom discussion about it to better understand the real …show more content…
As stated in an earlier discussion as well as this one, multiculturalism is not just race, gender, or ethnicity, it can also be stereotypes, and like an earlier discussion pointed out, understanding a culture 's stereotypes can help stop negative interactions in the future. The families of students may not fully understand the culture of the American school system, to which an educator can provided them the answers of what is expected while their child attends school. This is of course a bit of a stretch, but the ideas stay the same. Awareness of multiculturalism allows a teacher the knowledge that not all cultures are the same, and thusly students and their families may act differently, learn, differently, and have different needs, all of which must be accommodated for when