A Collaborative Presentation by Group 2 - The 2nd Element

1. Cultural Issues of Education and Schooling Claudine Cottini Wayne McMahon Allison Persaud

2. Immigration can result in very diverse classrooms in race, ethnicity, and language Lau v. Nichols Supreme Court case in 1974 brought by a Chinese American who was very limited in English. The Supreme Court found the students were not being given the tools needed to succeed according to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the students which expanded the rights of students around the country with limited proficiency in English. Schools began to explore numerous approaches to bilingual education. Congress then passed the Equal Educational Opportunities Act in 1974 which prohibits discrimination and requires school districts to provide students with equal opportunities for participation.

4. Focus Question 1 How can teachers meet the diverse needs of an increasingly multicultural student population?

5. By 2030, the number of U.S. residents who are nonwhite of Hispanic will be about 140 million or about 40 % of the U.S. population Consider these statistics By 2012 the western US will become “minority majority,” with no single racial or ethnic group having a majority The nation has approximately 2.5 million Native Americans,a number that increases to about 4 million when including Americans claiming partial Indian heritage on the census By 2000, the number of Asians, including Asian Indians, in the United states was over 10 million or 3.6 % of the population About 6 million Americans claimed multiracial heritage with 2 or more races indicated by Census 2000

6. Focus Question 2 What are the different levels of multicultural education?

7. Multicultural Education Banks (1997)

9. Effective multicultural practices that benefit all students include more equitable distribution of the teacher's attention, a greater representation of the contributions and experiences of diverse groups in curricular materials, and response to different learning styles. Changing patterns of immigration and birth rates are demographic trends that will result in very diverse classrooms in terms of race, ethnicity, and language.