Describe the main elements of successful multicultural education.

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Answers to this question will vary but should include elements of the following: Geneva Gay (1994) believed that the implementation of multicultural education must include four features. Effective multicultural education must be (1) a total school reform effort; (2) present for all students in all grade levels and all subjects; (3) an opportunity for students to acquire knowledge about diverse groups of people, develop social action skills necessary for cultural pluralism, and examine dispositions; and (4) an opportunity for the recognition and celebration of diversity as a basic fact of human life.

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