Dimensions of Multicultural Education and Their Implications for Primary School Foreign Language Teaching

Werona Król

Dimensions of Multicultural Education and Their Implications for Primary School Foreign Language Teaching

Werona Król Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland

Keywords: multicultural education, foreign language teaching, primary school, dimensions of multicultural education, content integration, knowledge construction process, prejudice reduction, equity pedagogy, empowering school culture and social structure

Abstract

In the context of contemporary reality, the issue of multicultural education is becoming more and more popular. Therefore, the purpose of the article is two-fold: to discuss Banks’ vve dimensions of multicultural education and to share some ideas on how these dimensions are or can be used to assist teachers in integrating multicultural content into their primary foreign language classrooms. Moreover, one section of the paper is devoted to the vgure of Professor James. A Banks, who is widely regarded as a founder of multicultural education. Moreover, the professor’s own rewections on the dimensions of interest expressed in the interview conducted by Tucker in 1998 are presented. Finally, having recognised the importance of early multicultural education, the author of the article concludes that primary foreign language teachers should not hesitate and encourages them to start preparing their students to become unbiased global citizens.

Author Biography

Werona Król, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland

Werona Król, a PhD student of linguistics, graduated from the Pedagogical University of Cracow and the Jagiellonian University. Her main area of research is glottodidactics. She is also a practitioner, and teaches English and Italian to all age groups, though she specialises in early school pedagogy.

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Published

2013-04-19

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Król, W. (2013). Dimensions of Multicultural Education and Their Implications for Primary School Foreign Language Teaching. Multidisciplinary Journal of School Education, 2(1 (3). Retrieved from https://czasopisma.ignatianum.edu.pl/jpe/article/view/1268

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (3) (2013): Multiculturalism as a Challenge for Contemporary Preschool and Elementary School

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