EDU 201: Chapter 3 questions with
complete solutions graded A+
assimilation (enculturation) - correct answer ✔✔The process of acquiring a
culture; a child's acquisition of the cultural heritage through both formal and
informal educational means.
James Banks - correct answer ✔✔Focuses specifically on developing a
multicultural curriculum.
bilingual education - correct answer ✔✔Educational programs in which students
of limited or no English-speaking ability attend classes taught in English as well as
in their native language. There is great variability in these programs in terms of
goals, instructional opportunity, and balance between English and a student's
native language.
cultural difference theory - correct answer ✔✔A theory that asserts that
academic problems can be overcome if educators study and mediate the cultural
gap separating school and home.
cultural pluralism - correct answer ✔✔Acceptance and encouragement of cultural
diversity.
Culturally Responsive Teaching - correct answer ✔✔An approach to multicultural
education that recognizes that students learn in different ways, and that effective
teachers recognize and respond to those differences. This approach also mediates
the frequent mismatch between home and school cultures and honors cultural
heritages.
complete solutions graded A+
assimilation (enculturation) - correct answer ✔✔The process of acquiring a
culture; a child's acquisition of the cultural heritage through both formal and
informal educational means.
James Banks - correct answer ✔✔Focuses specifically on developing a
multicultural curriculum.
bilingual education - correct answer ✔✔Educational programs in which students
of limited or no English-speaking ability attend classes taught in English as well as
in their native language. There is great variability in these programs in terms of
goals, instructional opportunity, and balance between English and a student's
native language.
cultural difference theory - correct answer ✔✔A theory that asserts that
academic problems can be overcome if educators study and mediate the cultural
gap separating school and home.
cultural pluralism - correct answer ✔✔Acceptance and encouragement of cultural
diversity.
Culturally Responsive Teaching - correct answer ✔✔An approach to multicultural
education that recognizes that students learn in different ways, and that effective
teachers recognize and respond to those differences. This approach also mediates
the frequent mismatch between home and school cultures and honors cultural
heritages.
