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Multicultural Issues

Spring 2013

Freddie Bowles, Professor

Aíxa García Mont, assistant

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Unity.

Not uniformity.

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Today’s LessonGoal: To establish background

information about MCE; to learn about

each other’s diversity and the diversity

your students

1. Definitions

2. BINGO

3. Small group discussion

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Language Diversity in Arkansas

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Language Diversity in Arkansas

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Statistical Information

40 % of P-12 population are students of color

BUT

84% of teachers are European Americans

AND

75% of those are female

41% of all 4th graders have F & R lunches

14% of all students are in special programs

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How do you define “values”?

Qualities that parents find desirable and important to the education of their children.

Examples:

prestige, status, pride, family

loyalty, love of country, morality,

education, religious beliefs, honor

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What is culture?

Culture…

defines who we are

influences knowledge, beliefs, and values

provides a blueprint for behavior, feeling, and thinking

imposes order and meaning on who we are

allows us to predict how others will behave in certain situations

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Characteristics of culture

Culture islearned behaviorshared behavioradapted behaviordynamic (changing) behavior

Manifested invaluesnon-verbal patternslanguage

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Our cultural lenses

Ethnocentrism: the only lens and the right one! http://www.corndancer.com/fritze/reformation2/refmaton2_home.html

Cultural relativism: the lens as a prism--seeing the world with many facets

Multiple lenses: ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, class or SES, first language, geographic region, residence, abilities, exceptionalities…

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The majority cultureValues and practices reflected in most

Institutions (political, business, educational, social)

Privilege: unable to recognize inequality, racism, and powerlessness of anyone outside the dominant culture

Result: creates alienation in subgroups and subcultures

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Some characteristics of majority culture influences

Anglo-Saxon / Western European roots

Language (England)

Legal system (England)

Democratic ideals (France and England)

Logic (Socrates)

Individualism (Germany)

Freedom (France)

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Some values and ideologies of majority culture

Time

Money

Success measured by accumulation of goods

Control of destiny and nature

Industriousness, ambition, competition, self-reliance, independence

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How other cultures relate to majority culture

Acculturation: adoption of cultural patterns of dominant group by new or oppressed group

Consonant: Parents and children learn the language and culture in which they live at the same time

Dissonant: Children learn language and culture/parents don’t

Selective: Children learn both and still retain elements of native culture

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Continued

Assimilation: cultural patterns become part of dominant culture or disappear

Structural: primary group relationships are sharedCultural pluralism: two or more groups function separately and equallyEgalitarianism: social, political, and economic rights and privileges for all people

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ContinuedEquality: concern for group’s welfare

Inequality based on societal differences

Meritocracy: individual merit deserves greatest social and financial reward

Inequality based on individual’s differences

Prejudice: aversion to a group different from your ownDiscrimination: denial of privileges and rewards to members of oppressed groups both individual and institutionalStereotypes: generalizations about group without consideration of individual differences within that group

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Homework

ABC Who Are We? Poem

Read Chapter 3

Bring McMenu choices and dates to class on a notecard


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