Diversity Chapter 13
How do essentialist teachers test their students' knowledge?
objective tasks
What is the difference between a diverse society and a pluralist society?
A diverse society is a society where pluralism is accepted and supported.
The term "essentialism" emphasizes what?
Acquisition of skills, Retention of information, Core American values
Traditional education and multicultural education
Are philosophically and critically different
1. Which of Banks' approaches to multicultural education addresses the most basic of heroes and holidays and cultural information of diverse populations?
Contributions approach
1. The order of Banks' approaches to educational reform is based on their increasing effectiveness in introducing multicultural concepts. The order is:
Contributions approach, additive approach, transformative approach, social action approach
Students are researching the history of California. Instead of just looking at it from the viewpoint of people who moved from the East to the West, they are to research its history from the viewpoint of Native Americans, Asian immigrants, Mexicans, and women. This is an example of what teaching philosophy?
Critical pedagogy
Which of the following is not a primary focus of the "social reconstructionist approach" to education?
Focusing predominantly on cultural diversity
1What hidden curriculum activity teaches that Native Americans are historic creatures that were savages?
Having Indian mascots holding signs that say "We will scalp you?" at football games.
1. Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences suggests that
Individuals have the capacity to engage in each of eight distinct learning preferences.
What happens when cultural biases in knowledge are not acknowledged?
It allows the dominant perspective to seem neutral and universal
Primarily essentialist and traditional teachers recognize and reward which two of Gardner's multiple intelligences?
Logical-mathematical and linguistic
What are the 8 distinct levels of intelligence?
Logical-mathematical intelligence. ... Linguistic intelligence. ... Spatial Intelligence. ... Musical Intelligence. ... Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence. ... Intrapersonal Intelligence. ... Interpersonal Intelligence. ... Naturalistic intelligence.
While both multicultural education and education that is multicultural/social reconstructionist promote cultural pluralism, what is different between the two?
Multicultural education emphasizes respect for human differences - social reconstructionist education emphasizes structural inequities and prepares students to be active participants in democracy.
In a school that follows an essentialism vision, which class is most likely to be cut when administrators consider budget cuts?
Music appreciation
1. Schools are inherently political and as such knowledge is not
Neutral
What is multicultural education based on?
Preparing students to be active participants in a diverse democratic society
What current issue makes culturally responsive teaching difficult?
School districts are making an effort to equally fund schools, especially in urban areas
1. As multicultural education is based on concepts rather than specific content...
Students are involved in a dynamic search for knowledge that it never finished.
Significant obstacles to learning in essentialist schools include
Students learning at different rates.
A hidden curriculum can be described as
Subtle cultural messages learned from course curriculum, school policies, and school procedures that validate societal norms and values.
What is at the core of culturally responsive teaching?
The expectation that all students can experience success
1. Students are asked to investigate the economic difficulties of families living in poverty. They then explore solutions to address poverty issues in the community. Although they cannot implement their solutions in the community they do present their finding to a mayoral council hoping that the council will use some of their suggestions. This is an example of which one of Banks approaches to multicultural education?
Transformative approach
According to the educational philosophy of Essentialism, the main purpose of schools is to
Transmit a core of knowledge and values to succeeding generations.
Which does not describe cognitive-developmental theory as understood by multicultural education advocates?
a. Learning is a process of meaning making. b. Learning comes from the interaction of the mind and experience. C. Learning is limited to basic academic skills in reading, writing and computing. d. Learning must be meaningful.
Which of the following would multicultural education examine in the curriculum that essentialist education would not?
a. The literature of England and its influence on American writers b. The study of slavery in America to represent African American history C. The influence of African Americans on the musical styles in popular culture d. Native Americans as historical figures
1. What is the goal of an essentialist teacher?
a. To motivate students to remember information in texts, lectures and media
1. Which of the following would not be a characteristic of a culturally responsive teacher?
a. Using student's prior experiences in the curriculum b. Stretching students to experience knowledge and beliefs beyond the familiar c. Having high expectations for all students D. Viewing difference in students as problems to be solved
1. A 2017 Associated Press study reported that charter schools
are some of the most racially segregated in our nation
The concept of multicultural education is concerned with
developing lifelong skills, influences of diverse groups in American history, representation of contributions of minority groups
How do essentialists solve the problem of all students not learning at the same rate?
through tracking students into ability groups