transforming your curriculum through multicultural education so. washington county january 23, 2006...
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Transforming Your Curriculum by Paul C. Gorski, Tentative Agenda 1) Warm-up activity 2) Important concepts 3) Stages of multicultural curriculum development 4) Key characteristics of multicultural curriculum 5) Applying multicultural curriculumTRANSCRIPT
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Transforming Your Curriculumthrough Multicultural Education
So. Washington CountyJanuary 23, 2006by Paul C. Gorski
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This Morning’s 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.
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Tentative Agenda
1) Warm-up activity2) Important concepts3) Stages of multicultural curriculum
development4) Key characteristics of multicultural
curriculum5) Applying multicultural curriculum
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1. Warm-Up Calisthenics
Standing Crosswalk:
The complexities of diversity
Contextualizing the curriculum
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1. Processing the Calisthenics
The complexity of diversity
The privilege/repression continuum
The experience/reality paradox
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2. Important Concepts
Multicultural education
Curriculum transformation
Inclusion/exclusion Equality/equity
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2a. Multicultural Education
Key question3 levelsEquity and social justice focusBeyond “celebrating diversity”
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2b. Curriculum Transformation
Beyond the additiveCompleteness & accuracyContent & deliveryRelevant across all grades and
subject areas
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2c. Inclusion/Exclusion
Two levels of inclusion– Representative– Critical
Assessment of inclusiveness– As inclusive as the most excluded
student experiences it to be
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2d. 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
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3a. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
Stage 1Curriculum
ofthe
Mainstream
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3b. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
Stage 2Heroes
andHolidays
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3c. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
Stage 3
RepresentationalInclusion
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3d. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
Stage 4
StructuralReform
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3e. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
Stage 5StructuralReform
withCritical
Inclusion
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3f. Stages of Curriculum Transformation
Stage 6Equitable
andMulticulturalCurriculum
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4a. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
1. Delivery
Vary instruction Understand power
dynamics Challenge “teacher
as mastery”
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4b. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
2. Contenta. Complete &
accurateb. Avoid tokenismc. Address
multicultural issues
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4c. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
3. Materialsa. Vary materialsb. Examine
materials for biasc. Diversify images
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4d. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
4. Perspectivea. Diversity
perspectivesb. Diversity lenses
(not just from heroes)
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4e. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
5. Critical Inclusivitya. Bring in students’
perspectivesb. Encourage
questionsc. Relevancy
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4f. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
6. Social/CivicResponsibility
a. Social justice consciousness
b. Environmental consciousness
c. Unexpected activists
d. Connect to community issues
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4g. Characteristics of Multicultural Curricula
7. Assessmenta. Continuous
reflectionb. Request
feedbackc. Know your style
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Break 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!
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Paul’s Contact Information
Email: [email protected]
EdChange site: http://www.EdChange.org
Multicultural Pavilion: http://www.EdChange.org/multicultural