The Charatertitics of Muliticulture Environment School

Characteristics 1

Characteristics of Multicultural School Environment

Andrea Tubbs

AED/204

Janelle Godfrey

Axia College University of Phoenix

Characteristics 2

1. Differences in academic achievement levels disappear between males and females dominant and oppressed group member, and upper middle class and low-income.

2. Students are able to use their own cultural resources and voices to develop new skills and critically explore subject matter.

3. Students learn to recognize and confront inequities in school and society.

4. Cultural differences are treated as differences, rather than as deficiencies that must be addressed in compensatory programs.

5. The faculty, administrators and other staff see themselves as learners enhanced and changed by understanding, affirming and reflecting cultural Diversity.

6. Teachers and administrator are able to deal with questions of race, inter group relations, and controversial realities on an objective frank and professional basis.

7. The composition of the faculty, administration, and other staff accurately reflects the pluralistic composition of the United States.

8. The school curriculum incorporates the contributions of many cultural groups and integrates multiple perspectives throughout it.

9. Instructional materials are free of bias, omissions, and stereotypes.

Characteristics 2

My ranking of the Charaterricts of Multicultural Education, I wanted to categorize them in three different groups, students’ outcome, administration and educator, and curriculum, lesson plans and instructional materials. I thought students outcome is the most important characteristics of them all, the reason being is they are our future and we must make sure that they receive a quality education regardless of what cultural they are. The “differences in achievement” I chose as the number one charaterteristics, I think this should be the goal of a Multicultural School Environment. The...