It is the Instructors Job to Address Hidden Curriculum and Make Multicultural Education Prevelant

With diversity in public schools on the rise, teachers need to be aware of cultural differences and make certain that they incorporate multicultural literature into the curriculum often. Teachers not only need to study other cultural differences, but they must differentiate instruction based on these differences. Many children that do not live in schools with high diversity are not getting enough education on different ethnicities and cultures. This often times can lead to racism, stereotyping, or misinterpretations. Teachers need to be aware of these issues.

There are many resources out there today that teachers can use to find great literature, or ways to incorporate and address different cultures and ethnicities. It is also the teacher’s job to make the classroom environment comfortable where children can speak freely without being judged. Respecting what is meaningful and important to different cultures will help bring the classroom community together, as well as improve self-esteem, attitudes, and learning. When studying a topic the teacher should take in all perspectives and bring in different literature as examples. There are four approaches that have been addressed to integrate multicultural education into the curriculum. These include contributions, additive, transformation, and social action approaches. These approaches should be mixed and intertwined while incorporating differentiated instruction and bringing multicultural literature across the curriculum.