Blog #4

In the reading Multiculturalism in School Curriculum is so on target to me. We do not have to stir away from the curriculum in order to teach multiculturalism in school. We often think if we implement something new or change the way somethings has been done in the past that we change the core/foundations. I view multiculturalism as building upon our foundation instead of tearing it down if it is implemented properly.
At first, while reading"Toward a Centrist Curriculum" I was thinking that they should use group as a learning tool for multiculturalism. As I read further I realize when we connect, network and have conferences with other people that the only thing we are doing is basically having group. The whole object of group is to obtain knowledge of new things and get ideas from others. When everyone puts their experiences, thoughts, knowledge and ideas together we create a new way of doing things. I really never looked at conferences and networking as having a big group until now.
Ads are another way of expressing multiculturalism. Ads are simply a way to express peoples point of views. These point of views can cause set backs in our culture today, can be bias and can have negative affects in our learning system. On the other hand ads can be a positive influence on multiculturalism. It/they can lead to positive discussions (group discussion) in our classrooms.
Multiculturalism can be so difficult because no one wants to let go of the past. Everyone feels that the way they learned is the best way because we all feel that we turned out successful and great so why change things. In my view our community and culture is changing and so should multiculturalism in education. I always use group as a skill and communication building technique but now I will also use/view it as a multiculturalism technique as well.