Multicultural education integrates diverse cultures into the curriculum but faces effectiveness challenges due to lack of teacher knowledge and concerns from opponents about content and delivery.
Multicultural education is a curriculum approach that integrates examples and information from different cultures to illustrate various concepts or ideas already contained in the curriculum. It aims to disrupt deficit theory perspectives by encouraging a nuanced analysis of student achievement within cultural contexts surrounding schooling (Vavrus, 2002).
However, educators today believe it is ineffective due to the lack of necessary knowledge among teachers, especially in western-dominated education systems, to provide culturally responsive education. This deficit includes an awareness and understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, languages, and current issues (Agbo, 2004).
Opponents argue that the current curriculum in social studies already incorporates a multicultural approach and prefer teaching multicultural history as an elective rather than a mandatory course, highlighting concerns about the omission of certain cultural groups and the potential emphasis on oppression themes (LibreTexts™).
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