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    Education 441-4
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    Cultural Differences in Education
    Instructor: Dr. J. Kehoe
    Intersession, 1982
    Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30 - 9:20
    The course will examine the role of the school and other institutions
    in fostering understanding, acceptance and constructive relations
    among people of many different cultures. Institutional accamx)datiOn
    and the limitations of social organizations to reduce prejudice will
    be investigated and within that context strategies for change will be
    proposed and examined.
    The course has four purposes.
    1.
    To enhance those attributes of teachers necessary for effective
    teaching in a multicultural classroa. Those attributes include:
    respect, interaction management, empathy, orientation to knowledge,
    interaction posture, and tolerance for ambiguity. Class members
    will have an opportunity to participate in activities designed to
    enhance those attributes in themselves.
    2.
    The second purpose is to discuss the goals and policy issues
    related to multiculturaljsn and the attitudes of Canadians toward
    multiculturalism.
    3.
    To describe the characteristics of a multicultural school including:
    Providing for caanunity participation; Modifying the hidden curricu-
    lum; rrodifying textbooks; Adapting teaching styles; Assessment for
    Placement; Counselling; Crisis recognition and management.
    4.
    To provide practical classroom activities for reducing prejudice
    and increasing acceptance of cultural diversity. This section will
    examine the sources of misunderstanding and prejudice. Strategies
    for change will include: information, case studies, critical
    thinking concepts, achieving empathy, role play, simulations, personal
    contact, and going public. Approaches to assessing change will be
    investigated.
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    Requirements
    Students will be graded on:
    1.
    The development of a curriculum unit consistent with a conceptual
    framework provided.
    2.
    The analysis of a text book.
    3. In class presentation of a curriculum project.
    4. Leading a discussion of selected topics.
    Texts
    Aoki, Ted; Dahlie, J.; Werner, W; Ed. Canadian Ethnicity The Politics
    of Meaning. Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction,
    University of British Columbia, 1978.
    Wolfgang, Aaron; Ed. Education of Immigrant Students Issues and
    Answers. Toronto: O.I.S.E. Press. 1975.

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