Educ. 1111_ICultural Di ffercnce iii Educa•n
    INTERSESSION,
    1983 ?
    INSTRUCTOR:
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    Joanne Whitney
    Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30 - 9:20
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    LOCATION: on campus
    COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. To explore and develop effective strategies capable of accommodating
    the divergent needs of students from a wide variety of ethno-cult.ural
    backgrounds in a single classroom setting.
    2. To create an awareness of students' own ethnocenlricities (biases)
    in order to develop a multicultural approach to human interactions.
    COURSE ELIGIBILITY: ?
    - Open to students in the Faculty
    of
    Education
    Open to s tudents in o her la cu It i es upon approval
    - Open to students in other universities upon approval
    COURSE REQUIREMENTS: ?
    - Regular attendance and participation
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    15 marks
    - Choice
    of
    seminar or cross-cultural interview
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    30 marks
    -Designingamulticultural learning activity
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    15 marks
    - Final exam ?
    !O marks
    100 marks
    PROPOSED TOPICS FOR SESSIONS:
    1.
    Trends in Education, 1960 to present.
    2.
    Personality & Culture (establishing an identity).
    3.
    Discrimination, Racism and the need for Human Rights.
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    The Socially Disadvantaged (including indigenous peoples and
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    students in and from developing Cultures and countries).
    5.
    Patterns of Family Living
    (14
    cultures).
    6.
    Language Programs: ?
    Official (ESL/FSL)
    - Bilingual
    (total and partial immersion)
    -
    Heritage (maintenance & enrichment)
    - Modern
    -
    Classical
    7.
    Adult Literacy.
    8.
    Special Problems of Contemporary Youth.
    9.
    Multicultural Philosophies and policies and their relationship to
    Education. ?
    Immigration Policy.
    10.
    Multicultural Education as it relates to specific subjects and
    subject areas
    of
    the curriculum.
    11. Stereotyping in texts and the media (strategies for eliminating it)
    12.
    Values Education (pros and cons)
    TEXTS:
    Werner,
    et. al.
    Whose Culture, Whose Heritage, B.C. Centre for the Studies of Curriculum &
    Instruction, U.B.C. ,
    1977.
    Iroper & Palmer. ?
    Issues in Cultural Diversity.
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    0.I.S.E., Toronto,
    1976.
    Xeroxed Readings to be provided at an approximate cost of $5.00
    Lists of "suggested" books for reading will be provided to assist students complete assignmen
    N.B. PRE-READING OF THE TWO TEXTS IS ADVISED.

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