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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED115613 AUTHOR: Watkins, Geneva F.; Imig, David G.
TITLE: Utilizing Competency Based Teacher Education as a
Means for Facilitating Cultural Pluralism in American
Schools.
YEAR PUBLISHED: (1974)
NOTE: 23 p.
ABSTRACT: Performance based teacher education (PBTE) and
multicultural education are emerging as viable and
compatible strategies for preparing school personnel. The
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
(AACTE) has provided national leadership in the study and
encouragement of PBTE and multicultural education. AACTE
faces many problems as it contemplates the future of
multicultural or intercultural education. First there is
the problem of encouraging people to view diversity as a
positive factor in society. Also, there are too many people
who refuse to accept, to admit, and/or to include the
nature of cultural differences as a way of life. Another
problem in implementing such a program is eliminating the
present narrow view regarding multicultural education. The
concerns of multicultural education are of growing
importance to America's society at large, and they should
be treated as such. The very nature of PBTE lends itself to
enhancing goals of multicultural education. The
capabilities of PBTE and multicultural education must be
synthesized in a comprehensive program which is applicable
both individually and collectively to our multicultural
youth. To begin incorporating the ideals and ideas of
intercultural education would not only give new (and much
needed) direction to American education, but would also
enhance America's future. (RC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Pluralism
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Competency-Based-Teacher-Education;
*Cultural-Education; *Intercultural-Programs;
*Multicultural
Education; *Teacher-Education
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