This critique of a paper by Danny Weil (EC 606 211) argues that movement toward multicultural literacy is already occurring in schools and that the "glass" of multicultural literacy should be perceived as half-full rather than half-empty. Attention now needs to be focused on the "hows" of multicultural education rather than the "shoulds." (JDD)

This paper describes elements of the "New Standards" program that have been set for selected school districts across the United States and challenges people to assess how conceptions of "confluent education" and "multicultural education" may contribute to reaching the proposed new standards. The goal of the New…

This article proposes a critical multicultural literacy, provided through a curriculum that affords students the opportunity to enter empathetically within cultural points of view disparate from their own. Three underlying tenets of a critical multicultural literacy are discussed: educational equity, prejudice reduction, and understanding the…

Presents the theoretical linkages, constructs, and shared characteristics between multiculturalism and existentialism as well as humanistic-critical educational practice. It argues that multicultural education and existentialism share common ground theoretically and pedagogically. (GLR)

This paper proposes integrating "Intercultural Education" as a fundamental part of the overall school curriculum. Intercultural Education implies positive interactions between heterogeneous citizens including those with gender differences, handicaps, race differences, and socioeconomic differences. The basic philosophy of Intercultural…

Recommends emphasizing the accuracy and integrity of what is being taught as well as the mechanics of information delivery, noting that minority groups have historically been underrepresented in the curriculum. Curriculum revision on all levels requires incorporation of achievements of all members of the diverse U. S. society. (SM)

This commentary on EC 606 211 considers the implications for gifted education of establishing a true multicultural literacy which would involve educational equity, prejudice reduction, and understanding the struggle for cultural dignity and freedom. The paper examines existing definitions of giftedness, identification practices, options for…

Noting the effects of prejudice on all young children, proposes implementation of antibias education that would empower children to resist the negative impact of bias on their development and enable them to become critical thinkers and activists for social change. Offers strategies for incorporating multicultural and antibias activities into daily…

As information and communication technologies bring people, places, and events from around the world to desktops, telephones, and televisions, the economic, social, and cultural issues of the globe are becoming increasingly, unavoidably, our own (McLuhan, 1964). Diversity is thus a broader and more complex concept than ever before…

Reviews four approaches to the integration of ethnic content into the curriculum. The contribution and additive approaches add ethnic heroes and courses to the curriculum. The transformation approach changes the basic assumptions of the curriculum while the social action approach requires students to use the information gained in transformative…

Uses E. D. Hirsch's concepts of art, culture, and multiculturalism to rethink the philosophy and practice of arts education. Analyzes culture and multiculturalism and suggests that music education be conceived in multicultural terms. Disputing Hirsch's cultural uniformity, maintains that music educators should preserve the integrity of music…

Asserts that the definition of diversity has changed from one of simply adding issues and subjects to a curriculum to one of transforming the relations between parts, and in the process reconceiving the whole. Presents several curricular models and goals for student learning that incorporate this approach. (MJP)

Describes how one university developed the role of foundations of education in the teacher education program. The National Endowment for the Humanities funded intensive faculty development and collaboration between education and liberal arts faculty. The seminars and curriculum development were catalysts for interdisciplinary curriculum…

The multicultural education statement of the Multicultural Education Commission of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), "No One Model American," provides an impetus for much of the discussion in this selection of essays. The Brown I and Brown II court decisions escalated concerns as to how one person interacts with…

This article addresses the educational need for knowledge about language differences and the role that school-based speech-language pathologists can play in mainstream education about language differences. A pilot language awareness program for fourth and fifth graders, which includes humanistic, scientific, and cultural objectives, is described.…