• Know the importance of diversity, equality, and social justice in delivering high quality education for all students.
• Identify teaching practices that are culturally relevant.
• Describe and contrast approaches for teaching students who are learning English.

 OUTLINE

• Diversity, equality, and social justice are the perspectives through which education that is multicultural is developed.
• Multicultural education: an educational strategy that incorporates the teaching of exceptional and culturally diverse students, human relations, and the study of ethnic and other cultural groups in a school environment that supports diversity and equal opportunity.
• Equity: the state of fairness and justice across individuals and groups; it does not imply the same educational strategies across groups but does expect equal results.

UNDERGRIDING TENETS

• Read pages143-146.  Note bulleted questions on the top of page 146.

CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL AND RELEVANT TEACHING

• All schools have a formal curriculum and traditions.
• Hidden curriculum: the norms and values that define expectations for student behavior and attitudes and that undergird the curriculum and operations of schools.
• Stereotyping: the attribution of common traits, characteristics, and behavior to a group of people without acknowledgment of individual differences within the group.
• Important aspects to consider for relevant teaching: cultural context, cultures of students, and validating student voices.
• Read debate on pages 153-154.

EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES

• Information technology: computer, software, telecommunications, and multimedia tools that are used to input, store, process, and communicate information.
• Digital divide: the difference in access to technology tools and the Internet between those with economic advantages and those without.
• The challenge of gender sensitive education and language diversity.

TEACHERS AS SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

• Read pages 161-165. 
• Summary of chapter on pages 165-166.

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