Critical Thinking Essay Questions

Nieto and Bode hope that the reader will develop her/his own priorities and perspectives of multicultural education. Reflect on their definition and characteristics of multicultural education and add your own priorities and perspectives.

This activity contains 5 questions.

	In the chapter Nieto and Bode address the difficulty that many teachers have addressing issues of race and racism. Why do you think racism is so hard to talk about? What can teachers do to combat racism?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Describe how multicultural education is pervasive. Provide examples.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	How have Paulo Freire’s theory of praxis, John Dewey’s philosophy of democracy and Henry Giroux’s view of the “discourse of democracy” influenced multicultural education as a space for social justice?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Using yourself and your experiences as examples, describe how multicultural education is a process. How do these processes affect you as a teacher, future teacher or a student of multicultural education?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	One component of critical pedagogy is the reexamination of history. In general, history is written by the conquerors. Using critical pedagogy as a frame of reference, investigate a historical incident through multiple perspectives.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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