MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN A
PLURALISTIC SOCIETY UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Students in your classroom will develop at different rates and
probaly will display, what?
Answer: Diverse needs
●● What does Diversity in the classroom mean?
Answer: That your students will come from a wide range of cultural
backgrounds.
●● Examples of diversity:
Answer: * Racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds
*Language(other than English)
*Academic abilities, achievements, and learning styles
*Diverse needs(develop at differant rates)
*Gender
* Sexual Orentation
*Socioeconomic backgrounds
, ●● Ethnicity
Answer: Applies to people who may be racially similar or different, but
who share a common culture including, language, customs, and religion.
●● Race
Answer: Refers to people with common ancestry and physical
characteristics.
●● Cultural Pluralism
Answer: Each student maintains their own individuality, are encourged
to treasure their cultural backgraound and the teacher provides different
ways for U.S. students to learn about different cultures, countries, and
other people.
●● Assimilation
Answer: Are the members of subcultures that are expected to give up
their own customs and learn American ways.(to become a regular cookie
cutter student)
●● Multicultural education
Answer: Represents one approach to meeting the educational needs of
an increasingly diverse student population.
●● What are the five different approaches to multicultural education?
PLURALISTIC SOCIETY UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Students in your classroom will develop at different rates and
probaly will display, what?
Answer: Diverse needs
●● What does Diversity in the classroom mean?
Answer: That your students will come from a wide range of cultural
backgrounds.
●● Examples of diversity:
Answer: * Racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds
*Language(other than English)
*Academic abilities, achievements, and learning styles
*Diverse needs(develop at differant rates)
*Gender
* Sexual Orentation
*Socioeconomic backgrounds
, ●● Ethnicity
Answer: Applies to people who may be racially similar or different, but
who share a common culture including, language, customs, and religion.
●● Race
Answer: Refers to people with common ancestry and physical
characteristics.
●● Cultural Pluralism
Answer: Each student maintains their own individuality, are encourged
to treasure their cultural backgraound and the teacher provides different
ways for U.S. students to learn about different cultures, countries, and
other people.
●● Assimilation
Answer: Are the members of subcultures that are expected to give up
their own customs and learn American ways.(to become a regular cookie
cutter student)
●● Multicultural education
Answer: Represents one approach to meeting the educational needs of
an increasingly diverse student population.
●● What are the five different approaches to multicultural education?
