is based on a commitment to pluralism; its guiding purpose is to prepare students to be active participants in a diverse, democratic society
What is multicultural education?
100
the development of American schools has been based on a conservative philosophy that was eventually labeled ____.
What is essentialism?
100
in a multicultural curriculum, understanding broad concepts in preferable to ____
What is memorizing facts?
100
"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
What is a Chinese Proverb?
100
describes the existence of many different groups of people within a society
What is diversity?
200
as early as what year did Hilliard write that multicultural refers to a society "made up of a number of cultural groups based upon race, ethnicity, religion, language, nationality, income, etc."
What is 1974?
200
Four answers: essentialist scholars maintain that knowledge from four disciplines is essential: _____, _____, _______, and ______ _______
What is social studies, science, mathematics, and english language/literature
200
Gay describes a multicultural curriculum design based on two approaches: _____ and ______
What is thematic approach and conceptual framework?
200
"The wise person can see a question from all sides without bias. The foolish person is biased and can see a question...
What is only from one side?
200
describes a society in which diversity is accepted and supported
What is pluralism?
300
some dictionaries suggest education and _____ are synonyms
What is training?
300
the acquisition of essential knowledge and values
What is the essentialists defintion of learning?
300
it has been reported that the ____ race was featured predominantly in all school textbooks
What is white?
300
"______, it is well-known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized from education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones."
What is prejudice?
300
grouping students according to ability
What is tracking?
400
it is not a "business-as-usual" approach to schooling
What is Nieto's definition and description of multicultural education?
400
Two answers: the most significant obstacle to learning in essenialist schools is the problem of ____ and _____
What is retention and transfer?
400
the ability for self anaysis, to understand clearly one's own feelings and desires, and to apply that knowledge in one's choices and behaviors
What is intrapersonal?
400
Who said: "Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafarer...you choose them as your guides and following them you reach your destiny."
Who is Carl Schurz?
400
the indirect means by which schools teach students, "the norms and values of their society"
What is hidden curriculum?
500
Two answers: multicultural education is a journey that leads students to _____ and _____
What is self-discovery and a sense of personal efficacy?
500
studies have consistently found that when tested for retention of information, students tend to recall no more than ____ of what they had supposedly learned the first time they took the exam
What is 20%?
500
the structure of the curriculum is changed to enable students to view concepts, issues, events, and themes from the perspectives of diverse, ethnic, and cultural groups
What is the transformation approach?
500
Who said: "The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared, in all their glorious diversity, to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society."
Who is Shirley Hufstedler?
500
a liberating experience that, "encourages students to take risks, to be curious, and to question"