Multicultural

Education
Chapter 12:

Standard Based Planning and

Teaching in a Multicultural Class

Warm-up: Standard Based Planning and Teaching

Do

you think that students are more

concerned with getting a good grade,
rather than focusing on learning the
content?

As

a student yourself which is more

important to you?

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will:
Define

Bankss four levels of Multicultural

Education.
Explain the 7 step plan and important
elements needed in each section to plan a
multicultural lesson.
Define social action objective, and be able
too articulate an example for a given lesson.

The Standards Movement &

Multicultural
Education
The

American Educational setting has seen

a major push towards standards based
instruction.
Fast tracked by the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001, this has changed the educational culture in
America. P.199

There

has been a tension between the

Standards Movement and Multicultural
Education.
Standards Movement
Seen as fundamentally concerned about equity
($$$$).

The Standard Based

instruction
Can

be defined as instructional practices that

anchor on a state-approved guide, which outlines
essential learning and curriculum content for
every grade level from k-12.
Suggests a one-size-fits-all approach to teaching.
Resistances against standardized tests
1. Tests are inaccurate measures if learning
2. Turns real learning and instruction into test
preparation.

Though standards set clear goals for learning.

Multicultural Education
James

Bankss 4 levels of multicultural education

(Learn about James Banks on p93)

1. Contributions Approach, deals with heroes, holidays,

and discrete cultural elements.
2. Additive approach, teachers add content, concepts,
themes, and perspectives that are multicultural without
changing the structure of the main curriculum.
3. Transformation Approach, the structure of the
curriculum is changed to enable students to view
concepts, issues, events, and themes from the
perspectives of diverse ethnic and cultural groups.
4. Social Approach, students make decisions based on
important social issues and take actions to solve them.

Lesson Planning for the Multicultural

Classroom
Lesson

planning in a multicultural classroom needs to

depart from the exclusively traditional subject matter focus
to a broader view of the need of the classroom community.

step plan to lesson planning.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1.

Goals and Objectives

Materials needed
Anticipatory Set or Entry
Instructional Output
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Assessment and Evaluation
Lesson Extension

Example

on page 210

Activity: Case Study or Create a

Lesson
Plan
Case

Study : Review Questions

Group 1- 1 & 2
Group 2- 3 & 4
Multicultural

Lesson Plan with a hands-on

activity on a subject of your choice.

2 Objectives
Materials for your activity
Anticipatory
Instructional Output what your going to teach,
and what the students will learn.
Activity
Evaluation (optional)

Student Learning Outcomes

(Eval)

Students will:
Define

Bankss four levels of Multicultural

Education.
Explain the 7 step plan and important
elements needed in each section to plan a
multicultural lesson.
Define social action objective, and be able
too articulate an example for a given lesson.
Create a social action project as a
culminating activity for a multicultural
lesson plan

Evaluation
Four

Levels of Multicultural Education pg 201-

203

Contributions approach
Additive approach
Transformation approach
Social Action approach

lessoning plan steps pg204

1. Goals and Objectives

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Materials needed
Anticipatory Set or Entry
Instructional Output
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Assessment and Evaluation