Multicultural Curriculum

Multicultural Curriculum

1. Transformation of the traditional currículum

   • Progresses through the following four stages
     • Stage 1. Mainstream Curriculum
       • Male-Centered
       • Ignores the contributions and perspective of non-dominant groups
       • It reinforces the dominant group's "false sense of superiority
       • Denies them the opportunity to benefit from the knowledge.
     • Stage 2. Heroes and Holidays
       • Diversity is "celebrated"
       • Advance in curricular reform
       • Weaknesses: - Reinforces the idea that acquiring knowledge about these "other" group is supplementary
       • Focusing exclusively on the achievement of heroes
     • Stage 3. Integration
       • Include significant information
       • Represent a major advance
       • Integrates diversity into the mainstream curriculum
       • Major weakness it covers diversity as stand-alone topics or units
     • Stage 4. Structoral reform
       • Diversity is woven seamlessly into the mainstream curriculum
       • To promote student's sense of political efficacy
       • Acquire effective learning strategies in addition to subject matter knowledge they acquire skills with two powerful qualities: transferability and durability
       • Effective multicultural curriculum incluides courses that prepare students from all ethnic groups to advance and succed at the next level of education

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