Why has multicultural education generally been associated with social studies, language arts, and music, and not science or math?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Answers to this question will vary but should include elements of the following: When multicultural education was first introduced, it was in these subjects in which it seemed the easiest to infuse. Unfortunately, it became associated with the “softer” subjects and not the “hard” subjects such as science, math, physics, chemistry, and so on.
Learning Objective: 1.5: Identify the misconceptions and misunderstandings about multicultural education.

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