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A 10 page paper that provides an overview of multicultural education. The paper begins with data about the student population in the U.S. The writer then discusses the lack of a universal definition of the topic, including sample definitions. Other topics discussed include approaches with an emphasis on the advantages of a multicultural literacy program. The writer comments on teacher competency to teach this type of curriculum. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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than 400 languages spoken by their limited-English speaking population (Wiley and Wright, 2004). Between 1991 and 2002, the population in the American public education system increased by 12 percent but
the number of primary languages increased by 95 percent (Wiley and Wright, 2004). The number of languages spoken is evidence of the many different cultures represented in todays schools. Kitsantas
and Talleyrand (2005) report there are at least 276 ethnic groups in the United States; this includes 170 Native American groups. Costa and colleagues (2005) report that 9.6 percent
of the public school population are English language learners. The point is that the student population is becoming ever-more diverse, in language and culture, while an overwhelming majority of teachers
are White. Census projections suggest that by 2010, 95 percent of public school "teachers will be Caucasian, middle-class females with limited cross-cultural interaction" (Brown, 2004, p. 325). At the same
time, the student population is becoming more diverse with more and more cultures and nationalities being represented. Gay (1994) commented: "Multicultural education means different things to different people." This also
goes on to say that the differences are more semantic than substantive, which has to do with the fact that it is still a developing field and also because definitions
come from different disciplines (Gay, 1994). For instance, educators might look at multicultural education from the point of view of sociology, psychology, or economics (Gay, 1994). The diversity found in
the concepts and methods of multicultural education "should not be a problem, especially when we consider that multicultural education is all about plurality" (Gay, 1994). What has not changed over
the last decade is that there is still no single definition for multicultural education (Gallavan, 2005; Sutton, 2005). Some definitions emphasize social problems, others may emphasize characteristics of the different
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