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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED133282 AUTHOR: Banks, James A.
TITLE: Multiethnic Education: A Vehicle for Educational
Reform.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 12 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
National Council for the Social Studies (Washington, D.C.,
November 4-7, 1976)
ABSTRACT: This document discusses the goals of multiethnic
education, its usefulness for educational reform, and
common practices in multiethnic programs. There is a need
for all children to learn about other cultures in order to
gain greater understanding by viewing themselves from
different perspectives. Teachers of multiethnic education
should try to counter prejudices and stereotypes which
children learn involuntarily from the media, adults, and
society. Merely focusing on ethnic holidays and minority
group heroes does not provide students with a conceptual
interdisciplinary perspective on particular ethnic groups.
Multiethnic education should reach beyond classroom
curricula to include ethnic diversity in school staff,
attitudes, teaching strategies and materials, testing and
counseling, and school norms. As a vehicle for educational
reform, multiethnic education provides an opportunity for
conceptual teaching, value inquiry, and interdisciplinary
approaches to the study of social issues. A bibliography of
nine recommended resources is included. (AV)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Concept-Teaching; Cultural-Awareness;
Cultural-Pluralism; Educational-Environment; Elementary
Secondary-Education; Minority-Groups; Teaching-Methods
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Cultural-Education; *Educational-Change;
*Ethnic-Groups; *Interdisciplinary-Approach; *Social
Integration
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