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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED156386 AUTHOR: Garcia, Ricardo
TITLE: The Multiethnic Dimension of Bilingual-Bicultural
Education.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 12 p.
ABSTRACT: Currently bilingual and multiethnic instruction,
which are emerging as highly significant educational
thrusts, are not disparate forces. Since both promote
ethnic pluralism, the difference between them is one of
degree rather than kind. This difference can be modified by
adding a multiethnic dimension to bilingual-bicultural
education, thereby permeating it with multiethnic
experiences. In this conceptual framework,
bilingual-multiethnic instruction can
minimize the severity of the transition Mexican American
students experience when beginning school because it
reflects the student's home environment and culture which
are mediated through the student's dominant language. Also
this framework serves to expand the student's ethnic
perspective with intragroup and intergroup diversity
strands. The intragroup diversity strand exposes students
to the human, ethnic, and racial diversity of the Mexican
American culture, while the intergroup diversity strand
exposes them to the human, racial and ethnic diversity
existent in American society. In this framework, the
Mexican American culture should be the base of the
bilingual bicultural program, mediated through the
student's dominant language. Also the study of Mexican
American culture should be expanded to teach students its
intragroup diversity, while the study of Anglo American
culture should be expanded to teach students the intergroup
diversity of American society. This paper also lists 20
resources suggesting ways and means by which a multiethnic
dimension can be utilized by bilingual-bicultural programs.
(Author/NQ)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Education; Cultural-Pluralism;
Educational-Resources; Intergroup-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Bilingual-Education; *Cross-Cultural
Training; *Educational-Theories; *Mexican-Americans;
*Models ; *Multicultural-Education;
*Nontraditional-Education
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