Multicultural Curriculum

Multicultural Curriculum

1. Stage 1.

   • Mainstream Curriculum
     • the curriculum does not validate the culture of minority groups, which can further alienate them from a school culture
       • In addition, it reinforces the "dominant false group"

2. Stage 2.

   • Heroes and Holidays
     • At this stage, diversity is “celebrated” by exposing students to cultural information
       • Represents is an advance in curricular reform over the traditional mainstream
         • it has two major weaknesses:
           • 1: It covers non-dominant groups outside the context of the required curriculum
           • 2: By focusing exclusively on the achievement of heroes or extraordinary people

3. Stage 3.

   • Integratión
     • This curriculum moves beyond diversity heroes and holidays to include significant information about non-dominant groups.
       • For example, a course on Women’s History or African
       • Its major weakness it that it covers diversity as stand-alone topics

4. Stage 4.

   • Structural Reform
     • Encourage students to learn to see the main ideas and events of the curriculum through different cultural lenses
       • El multiculturalismo puede ser fácilmente efectivamente infundido en el plan de estudios existente
       • Students learn to consider the implications of diversity of any subject discussed in the traditional curriculum.
         • When students see their ethnic identities represented in the curriculum, they see their culture

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