Intercultural and Multicultural Education

What this page covers

This unit collects resources on how education responds to cultural difference. Most are mind maps, so the page is strongest for seeing how ideas connect. You will find maps on Culturally Responsive Teaching, Multicultural Curriculum, The Dimensions of Multicultural Education and Dimensions of culture. Others look at Indigenous education, immigration, urban education and global education.

Where to start

Begin with the note Pros & Cons of Multicultural Education. It sets out how multicultural education entered the spotlight in the early 1970s, following the civil rights movement's push for change in the education system. Then open the map Challenge of Defining a Single Multicultural Education and Essential Principles to fix the main terms.

Going deeper

1. Work through the Culturally Responsive Teaching maps. They cover including cultural diversity in the curriculum, building a knowledge base and demonstrating cultural caring.
2. Read the Indigenous education maps, such as Closing the gap and Landscape of Indigenous Education in Australia.
3. Look at language teaching through Building intercultural competence in the language classroom.
4. Use the global education maps, including Global Knowledge Program, to see wider links.

Using quizzes and maps together

The quizzes are a small set, so use them as checkpoints. Read a map first, then try What do you know about interculturalism? or one of the Global Educator chapter quizzes. Where you miss a point, go back to the matching map. The flashcard decks, such as Chapter 1 Flashcards, help with key definitions, for example the idea of a reform process that assures educational equality for students from all groups.

Where this unit sits

This unit belongs to the strand Inclusion, Diversity and Learner Contexts, within Education and pedagogy. Pick a map that matches your course, then add your own notes and flashcards as you go.