Increasing the Use of Multicultural Education in a Preschool Located in a Homogeneous Midwest Community.

Autor/in	Hartke, Cheryl L.
Titel	Increasing the Use of Multicultural Education in a Preschool Located in a Homogeneous Midwest Community.
Quelle	(1997), (339 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Praktikumsbericht; Class Activities; Classroom Environment; Course Content; Cultural Activities; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Pluralism; Curriculum Development; Curriculum Enrichment; Day Care; Day Care Centers; Homogeneous Grouping; Instructional Development; Multicultural Education; Preschool Education; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Kursprogramm; Cultural activity; Kulturelle Aktivität; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kulturpluralismus; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Reform; Tagespflege; Day care centres; Hort; Homogene Gruppierung; Niveaugruppierung; Streaming; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung
Abstract	The inclusion of multicultural education in the curriculum of child care centers is becoming a necessity, particularly in homogeneous communities, as the ethnic make-up of society continues to change. This practicum project implemented and evaluated a strategy intended to increase the use of multicultural education in a middle-to-upper-class suburban child care center with 92 percent Caucasian enrollment. The strategy involved a four-part process: development of resource lists, exploration of teachers' attitudes, improvement of multicultural materials available for use, and increase in teachers' knowledge about diversity, with information provided during weekly meetings. Post-intervention data indicated that, overall, the use of multicultural education in the center increased. Teachers included multicultural activities in all areas of the curriculum on a regular basis, and more materials were available for classroom use as a result of parent donations and the development of a resource room. (Seventeen appendices include an anti-bias checklist, book checklist, a list of broad goals of teaching from a multicultural perspective, and an array of multicultural materials. Contains 24 references and an 86-item bibliography.) (Author/EV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC