Multicultural

Education

FOUR APPROACHES

TO MULTICULTURAL

EDUCATION

Level 1Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Contribution Approach

• ethnic heroes and holidays are include in the curriculum.

• Heroes, holidays and food become a special focus on a particular day, recognizing the contributions of various groups.

Additive Approach

• A unit or course is incorporated (for example, a unit on women in history), not no substantial change is made to the curriculum as a whole.

• special units and topics about various groups are added to, but do not fundamentally alter, the curriculum.

Transformation Approach

• Entire eurocentric curriculum is changed, so that students see the world from the different perspective of various groups.

• Students are taught to view events and issues from diverse ethnic and cultural perspectives.

Social Action Approach

• Students make decisions about their world and become directly involved in social actions.

• It goes beyond the transformation approach. It promotes decision-making and social actions in order to achieve multicultural and a more vibrant democracy.