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1999 ASCD Annual Conference March 6-8,
1999 San Francisco, CA
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Multicultural WWW Resources
1999 ASCD Annual Conference March 6-8,
1999 San Francisco, CA
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MULTICULTURAL WWW RESOURCES BY
Ron Helms

Colleen Finegan
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Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio
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It has been said that educators must prepare the
children of today for a different world that will
exist 20 years from now. REALITY -- The world
changes significantly in as short a period as 5
years.
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REALITY -- By the year 2000, one-third of the
school population will be composed of students
of color. Today, nearly 25 of children in
schools are living below the established poverty
level.
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REALITY -- As the nation increases in diversity,
and international commerce becomes an everyday
occurrence, citizens of the future will need to
grow in their appreciation and understanding of
others.
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REALITY -- The U.S. macroculture is shared by
all of the nations citizens. However,
individual microcultures are also an invaluable
part of the society referred to as American.
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National and state education standards mandate
the teaching of multicultural education at the
post-secondary level.
As a result, many colleges and universities
require multicultural or diversity courses for
all students.
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As those who prepare the citizens today for the
world of tomorrow, it is of paramount importance
that pre-service and in-service teachers
receive instruction in multicultural education.

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Educators are role models for their students, as
parents set an example for their children. If
teachers accept students in their classroom who
may have some characteristics different from
their own, the students in their classrooms
will be more likely to accept one another.
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This process needs to begin at an early age
-- Children begin to notice racial and gender
difference between themselves and others at the
age of three or four. (Maccoby, 1988 Ramsey
and Myers, 1990)
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Conflicting forces related to values,
lifestyles, and societal impediments within and
between cultural groups are integral to this
complexity and the resulting cultural
adaptations
These conflicting values and lifestyles often
become issues of debate or even open conflict
in the schools. (Gollnick and Chinn, 1994)
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WHAT IS MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION?
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Multicultural education is an educational reform
movement that is concerned with increasing
educational equity for a range of cultural and
ethnic groups". (Banks, 1981)
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Multicultural education is much more than simply
knowing and transmitting facts about the various
races, cultures, and belief systems that exist in
the United States. It is a process that will
produce an affective change in its recipients.
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• Diversity teaching and training require
• more involvement of self
• attention to ones feelings
• reactions in the present moment
• the ability to manage deep emotion
• (Gallos Ramsey, 1997)

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Appreciation for ethnic, racial, and sexual
diversity will help the classroom teacher to
determine appropriate instructional practices for
each individual. This appreciation is not
inherent with the completion of a teacher
education program.
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Pre-requisite skills needed

• a knowledge of one's beliefs and biases
• a familiarity with cultural values and
  behavioral codes of the community
• a thorough knowledge of multiple learning and
  teaching styles
• a well developed skills in cross-cultural
  communication and interactional style.
• (Gay, G., 1993)

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One way to provide current, interactive,
interesting, informative resources is to use
the Internet. Nationally, the trend is to
provide internet access in pre-K - 16 classrooms,
therefore teachers must become technologically
literate.
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Websites should be selected to represent various
points of view to assist the pre-service and
in-service educator in the process of information
gathering, introspection, and self-evaluation for
real affective change.
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Multicultural WWW Resources
Diversity Resources http//www.ed.wright.edu/CEHS
/diversity/diversity.htm
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http//www.ed.wright.edu/CEHS/diversity/diversity.
htm
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Multicultural WWW Resources
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Disclaimer This diversity resource has been
developed by 2 CEHS faculty. This website has
been supported by a grant Application of
Multi-Cultural Education Websites. The content
of these pages have been developed without
censorship by Wright State University or CEHS.
Neither the College of Education and Human
Services nor Wright State University assume any
responsibility for the pages content. The
Principal Investigators are not promoting or
supporting the viewpoints of any of the links
that are provided.  These pages are intended for
student research and not for any other purpose.
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CATEGORIES
Age SES / Class Ethnicity Exceptionality Gender La
nguage Religion / Creed Sexual Orientation
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