"Our flag is red, white, and blue, but our nation is a rainbow, red, yellow, browns, black and white- and we're all precious in Gods sight." -Jesse Jackson About the Author Daniela is a current student at the University of Texas at El Paso. She currently is a 1311 student and a multicultural education researcher. As an education major and a future educator, Daniela believes it is very important to have equality and diversity for every student in the classroom. Contact Daniela Phone: (915)630-2792 Email: dcereceres2@miners.utep.edu Web: dcereceres1311.weebly.com MOVING TOWARDS MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
Multicultural education refers to any form of education or teaching that incorporates the histories, texts, values, beliefs, and perspectives of people from different cultural backgrounds. It is being able to work with and be accepting to diversity in the classroom. Why is Multicultural Education Important? It is important to create more multicultural acceptable schools because it is imporant to get students to be more diverse and accepting of others. Schools are growing with students that come from very different backgrounds and we have to teach our children about those backgrounds and their people. Although many are against multicultural education, it is important to remember the kids. Being accepting of multicultural education is to their benefit. Enter your own text to make your company and services shine! Call To Action The graph shows how 40% of students are excluded for no reason at all. Many schools claim to be open to multicultural education but do nothing to help their students come together regardless of their differences. Seeing how many students are studying in a country outside their own, it is important to have equality for every single student. It is important to get involved and teach students from a young age to be accepting of one another and all their differences. Working with others different than yourself is something you do in your everyday life, it is important for students to learn that quality at a young age . It is also important to teach students about the difference in religions, ethnicities, and culture's. It gives every student the opportunity to learn about one another and express what is different themselves. It is important to set the example for students and get involved by teaching students these qualities.
What is Multicultural Education? Table 2.Reasons why migrant children are group-excluded.
Reasons for exclusion Ratio (%) Because mother is a foreigner 46.7 No particular reason 40.0 Difficulties in communication 33.3 Differences in terms of attitudes or actions 6.7 Being rude 3.39 Other 6.6
Multicultural Education in Malaysian Perspective: Instruction and Assessment Sharifah Norsana Syed Abdullah, Mohamed Najib Abdul Ghaffar, PHD, P - Najib@Utm - My University Technology of Malaysia