Title: Transforming Your Curriculum through Multicultural Education
1Transforming Your Curriculumthrough
Multicultural Education
- So. Washington County
- January 23, 2006
- by Paul C. Gorski
2This Mornings Goals
- Build a deeper understanding of multicultural
education as a framework for curriculum
transformation. - Move from a heroes and holidays conception of
multicultural curriculum to one grounded in
educational equity and social justice. - Practice applying multicultural curriculum
transformation strategies to sample curricula.
3Tentative Agenda
- Warm-up activity
- Important concepts
- Stages of multicultural curriculum development
- Key characteristics of multicultural curriculum
- Applying multicultural curriculum
41. Warm-Up Calisthenics
- Standing Crosswalk
- The complexities of diversity
- Contextualizing the curriculum
51. Processing the Calisthenics
- The complexity of diversity
- The privilege/repression continuum
- The experience/reality paradox
62. Important Concepts
- Multicultural education
- Curriculum transformation
- Inclusion/exclusion
- Equality/equity
72a. Multicultural Education
- Key question
- 3 levels
- Equity and social justice focus
- Beyond celebrating diversity
82b. Curriculum Transformation
- Beyond the additive
- Completeness accuracy
- Content delivery
- Relevant across all grades and subject areas
92c. Inclusion/Exclusion
- Two levels of inclusion
- Representative
- Critical
- Assessment of inclusiveness
- As inclusive as the most excluded student
experiences it to be
102d. Equality/equity
- What is the difference between equality and
equity? - Equality everyone gets the same thing
- Equity everyone gets what they need, recognizing
a larger social and historical context of
inequality
113a. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
- Stage 1
- Curriculum
- of
- the
- Mainstream
123b. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
- Stage 2
- Heroes
- and
- Holidays
133c. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
- Stage 3
- Representational
- Inclusion
143d. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
- Stage 4
- Structural
- Reform
153e. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
- Stage 5
- Structural
- Reform
- with
- Critical
- Inclusion
163f. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
- Stage 6
- Equitable
- and
- Multicultural
- Curriculum
174a. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
- Delivery
- Vary instruction
- Understand power dynamics
- Challenge teacher as mastery
184b. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
- 2. Content
- Complete accurate
- Avoid tokenism
- Address multicultural issues
194c. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
- 3. Materials
- Vary materials
- Examine materials for bias
- Diversify images
204d. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
- 4. Perspective
- Diversity perspectives
- Diversity lenses (not just from heroes)
214e. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
- 5. Critical Inclusivity
- Bring in students perspectives
- Encourage questions
- Relevancy
224f. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
- 6. Social/Civic
- Responsibility
- Social justice consciousness
- Environmental consciousness
- Unexpected activists
- Connect to community issues
234g. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
- 7. Assessment
- Continuous reflection
- Request feedback
- Know your style
24Break Time!!!
- Outwitted
- He drew a circle that shut me out--
- Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout
- But Love and I had the wit to win
- We drew a circle that took him in!
25Pauls Contact Information
- Email gorski_at_EdChange.org
- EdChange site http//www.EdChange.org
- Multicultural Pavilion http//www.EdChange.org/mu
lticultural