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EDUC. 441-4 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATION
INTERSESSION 1981
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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Anne Lloyd
Tuesday and Friday 8:30 - 12:20
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LOCATION: Campus
This course will examine the issue of
mul
ticulturalism in education from
both a theoretical and practical viewpoint.
Objectives
A. Theoretical Issues
Through films, assigned readings, lectures, and active
p
articipation in
class and group discussions, students will acquirean informed position
on the cultural and structural issues affecting
t
h\process of education.
Students will be expected to develop their educational theories and
pr
actices
based on knowledge of the following:
Canadian cultural identity--the historical and present status of
Canadian
the United
cultural
States will
div
ersity--some
be
highligh
ted--inequality
cross-cultural
comparisons
and public policy
with
The history of minority cultural education in Canada with some
Western emphases--in whose interest?--the shaping of educational policy
and
Parent,
their
other
effects
public,
on vrious
and teacher
educational
expectations--as
outcomes
sig
nificant others
Bilingual
edation
-_educatioflal and political concerns
Community
process--community
control--the
service
role
availability
of community groups in the
edu
cational
strategies
Prejudice and
for change
the rdle of the school--the nature of
p
rejudice and
B. Practical Issues
Through active participation in Problem-solving groups and class
w
orkshops and
the development of individual projects, students will acquire
k
nowledge and
develop resources and materials for effectively dealing with:
1.
Teaching in the multicultural classroom
2.
Handling conflict and prejudice in the classroom
Class, culture, and student
achievemen
t--differences vs. deficiencies
The process of education--a system of interrelated variables, i.e.
achievement, locus of control, motivation, self esteem,
expec
tations_..
differences among ethnic and racial groups
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3.
Teaching about value and cultural differences
4.
Home-school communications in the culturally diverse community
There will be invited participants.
Requirements
Students will be graded on:
i. individual curriculum project,
2.
participation in small groups,
3.
general classroom participation,
4.
family history,
S. summary context assessments.
TEXTS: (Required)
WERNER, A. et al; WHOSE CULTURE? WHOSE HERITAGE? 1977
TROPER PALMER; ISSUES IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY; 1976
ASHWORTH, M.; THE FORCES THAT SHAPED THEM: A HISTORY OF THE EDUCATION OF
MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA; 1979
WOOD, P.; MULTICULTURAL CANADA'S TEACHERS' GUIDE TO ETHNIC EDUCATION