In chapter 10 many concepts and methods were discussed. These methods discussed are useful for teachers that are teaching multicultural education in the 21st century. Multicultural education is used to describe how teachers go about affirming the expansive diversity of student’s interest, needs, and talents present in every school’s classrooms.
Some ways teachers can communicate lessons to students is by creating a culturally relevant curriculum and instruction. For a teacher to create this they must connect school assignments with the issues and concerns they are experiencing in their own lives. For example, on election years a history teacher can teach lessons on voting and how each of us acquired this right.
Another way a teacher can communicate lessons to students is by connecting the classroom with the student’s community and/or cultures. Sometimes schools decide it is best to shut the world around them out, usually deeming it too controversial for the students. However, this controversial world we live in has many valuable educational lessons to teach our students and be shutting it out our students are missing out. For example, students can celebrate the achievements and struggles of racially diverse people or culturally diverse without even having to leave their seats. A student can achieve this by accessing a newspaper, translating materials, or even taking a virtual field trip.
Another way technology can help teach the diverse children of the 21st century is through multilingual web resources. These web pages allow students from all over the world to obtain the same material. One example of a multilingual web page is Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the many multilingual web sites that provides the same information in languages such as English, Spanish, French, German, and many others. This technology is just one of the many available to anyone in order to better themselves as students, teachers, or even just citizens.
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