Like with most things, the business, education, and other professionals who are part of the board of trustees for a university appreciate facts and statistical proof supporting the initiatives that are being proposed to them. Therefore, the implementation of multicultural education into universities across the nation relies on the research conducted about the courses. The findings of these projects will show university boards and officials that these courses are effective and support diversity. Thus, the first step is to continue conducting and adding to the research that is already there that supports the positive effects of multicultural education. Next, we must take this information and talk to the officials of universities that do not currently
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I have mentioned trial and error before and while some shy away from this term, it can be positive, as it would be here. To do this we must get feedback from the student’s participating in these courses and continue to alter the curriculum so that the students are getting the most out of the program. My primary goal in conducting this research and becoming a social psychologist and professor is so I can investigate, improve, and implement a curriculum that will effectively alter the negative perceptions of those who take part in the initiative. Evaluating the progress of this goal in a way that will show accurate determinations is the hardest issue I face in this. Dr. Gutierrez’s data comes from surveys that were administered to the students who took part in a multicultural education course before participation the course, immediately afterwards, and at a period of some years after …show more content…
With the dataset from Michigan there was a significant drop from the after course survey to the alumni survey the number of responses went to around a 1,000 to just near 300 responses. This issue may be significantly less of a problem in the age that we live in, where surveys can be conducted through various electronic manners, instead of through paper and mail like the surveys for the Michigan dataset were. In addition, it will be easier to offer an incentive for taking these surveys due to the ability to give gift cards electronically rather than having to mail those in as
I have mentioned trial and error before and while some shy away from this term, it can be positive, as it would be here. To do this we must get feedback from the student’s participating in these courses and continue to alter the curriculum so that the students are getting the most out of the program. My primary goal in conducting this research and becoming a social psychologist and professor is so I can investigate, improve, and implement a curriculum that will effectively alter the negative perceptions of those who take part in the initiative. Evaluating the progress of this goal in a way that will show accurate determinations is the hardest issue I face in this. Dr. Gutierrez’s data comes from surveys that were administered to the students who took part in a multicultural education course before participation the course, immediately afterwards, and at a period of some years after …show more content…
With the dataset from Michigan there was a significant drop from the after course survey to the alumni survey the number of responses went to around a 1,000 to just near 300 responses. This issue may be significantly less of a problem in the age that we live in, where surveys can be conducted through various electronic manners, instead of through paper and mail like the surveys for the Michigan dataset were. In addition, it will be easier to offer an incentive for taking these surveys due to the ability to give gift cards electronically rather than having to mail those in as