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Teaching Agriculture In Secondary Schools
AEE 535
Class 14:
Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom
Learning Objectives:
On completing this class the learner will be able to:

red bullet Identify current demographic trends in the United States and the implication for education.
red bullet Define multicultural education in today's classrooms.
red bullet Determine the current status of education and the transition needed for entry into the twenty-first century.
red bullet Develop thoughts,ideas, and insight that with help you embrace a more diversified classroom.
red bullet Know how to provide students with a learning community that is inclusive, cooperative and collaborative.
Instructional
Activities:

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red bullet Take the pretest on Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom.
red bullet See what the future of education in the United States holds. Read Minority Groups To Emerge As a Majority in U.S. Schools from Education Week.
red bullet Rate yourself on how well you embrace student diversity. Read the article from the California Educator titled "How well do you embrace diversity in your classroom?" and see where you might stand.
red bullet There are many concepts regarding Multicultural Education. To help understand how this issue is defined read the article by Paul Gorski on "The Challenge of Defining a Single Multicultural Education."
red bullet Look at the site from the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse and Read the article "Equity, Excellence & Just Plain Good Teaching." This article deals primarily with high school science classes and teaching female students, but the concepts and strategies provide great insight into dealing will diverse populations in any course. 
red bullet How will teachers make the diverse educational environment a more cooperative environment? View the website "Cooperative Learning" and determine if cooperative learning techniques can enable students to succeed academically, enhance employability, and improve interpersonal relationships. 
red bullet Find out what collaborative classroom by view the website "What Is the Collaborative Classroom?" Pay particular attention to the characteristics of these classrooms and how they compared to your idea of traditional education.
red bullet The Renaissance Group provides a website that offers insight into making classrooms inclusive for all students. Peruse this site and see if their thoughts can be applied to all students in.
red bullet The conclusions stated in the report on "Gender Differences in High School Students' Attitudes Toward Mathematics in Traditional Versus Cooperative Groups" provides thought provoking information on teaching strategies and their effects on male and female students. In this case, is cooperative learning techniques the best course of action?
Assignments:

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red bullet An editorial was just published by the local paper describing how schools are not meeting the needs of a diverse student population. As an expert in the field, and a teacher who provides a stimulating environment for diverse populations, prepare a one page response describing how you and your teaching is meeting this challenge that you would submit as a follow-up to the article.

This lesson was developed by Jim Flowers at North Carolina State University. Dr. Flowers is Department Head of Agricultural & Extension Education at North Carolina State.

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