EDUC 2110 Lecture 6: Lecture 6
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Theories of school success: deficit theory. Certain students do poorly because of their cultural, social, or linguistic backgrounds. Values, language patterns, and behaviors that these children learn at home don"t mesh with cultures of the u. s. schools. Students are at a disadvantage: expectation theory. Teachers do not expect much of kids from racial, ethnic, or economic groups. Teach students differently, the students" academic performance suffers and the cycle becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: cultural difference theory. Academic problems can be overcome if educators study and mediate the cultural gap separating the school and home. Cultural pluralism: recognition that groups, voluntarily or involuntarily, have maintained their culture and language. Includes religion, gender, geographic, class and ethnic background. Bank"s approach to multicultural education: contributions approach. Contents, concepts, themes added to curriculum without changing the structure: transformation approach. Structure of curriculum is changed to show content from other culture"s perspective: social action approach. Students make decisions on important social issues and take actions to.
