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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