Multicultural Education and Science
Multicultural Education and Science
Multicultural Education and Science
Stefanie,
I originally felt that I was doing well with integrating culture into the science content
because just as you stated, I embraced diversity and multicultural education.
However, after reading the article by Meyers & Rhoades and further reflecting I
realized that the evident culture integration was fragmented and did very little to
promote transformation of thoughts and attitudes. I strongly believe that safe and
trusting learning environment that is fostered in my classroom will allow for
integration of culture and discussion of sensitive topics. The students and I work to
create an environment that is safe for risk-taking and I would like to finally take
advantage. I would like to create more opportunities for students to learn about
different perspectives as well as challenge them to develop understanding. Allow
time for students to discuss the different perspectives and the similarities and relate
the observations to construction of the content they are learning. Thank you for
sharing.