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Paper Instructions:
Instructions
Your written reflection for this class will be a critical reflection on how and what you will take with you, in terms of multicultural education, when you leave this class.
The first part of your paper will include your Multicultural Education Plan of Action (answer the questions below).
The second part of your paper will include your personal considerations of the possibilities and challenges of multicultural education.
Reflect on your burning questions, your course work, the class discussions and activities and the readings particularly from Affirming Diversity. Write a letter to yourself that reflects your hopes and dreams for your future as a multicultural person/educational leader. Use your plan of action to assist you in writing your personal (narrative) letter. (Keep a copy of this letter and Plan of Action. My hope is that you will refer back to your thoughts and add to it over time! Think of it as a gift to yourself rather than an assignment.)
Multicultural Education Plan of Action:
What was something that surprised you about multicultural education?
What new insights have you had as a result of this class?
What has challenged you?
What will you take with you into your classroom or school as an educational leader?
What are your hopes for becoming a multicultural person and educational leader?
What are your fears of becoming a multicultural person and educational leader?
Now that you know what you know, what are you going to do about it?
The last section of your paper should include your personal reflections related to multicultural education.
Length: 5-7 pages with a minimum of 3 scholarly resources.
References: A minimum of five scholarly resources required
RESOURCES:
Nieto and Bode charge us with the responsibility of “becoming a multicultural teacher,” which “means first becoming a multicultural person”. There are three ways that we can re-educate ourselves to become a multicultural person.
We simply need to learn more.
We need to confront our own racism and biases
Becoming a multicultural person means learning to see reality from a variety of perspectives.
How do you personally define “a multicultural person”? How has your definition evolved through your years of educational practice? What has influenced you and shaped your personal definition?
