LEVELS OF INTEGRATION OF ETHNIC CONTENT Dr. James Banks Mainstream - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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LEVELS OF INTEGRATION OF ETHNIC CONTENT Dr. James Banks Mainstream Centric Curriculum Level 1: The Contributions Approach The focus is on heroes, holidays, and discrete cultural elements. Level 2: The Additive Approach Content,


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LEVELS OF INTEGRATION OF ETHNIC CONTENT

  • Dr. James Banks
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Mainstream Centric Curriculum

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Level 1: The Contributions Approach

 The focus is on heroes, holidays, and discrete

cultural elements.

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Level 2: The Additive Approach

 Content, concepts, themes, and perspectives are

added to the curriculum without changing its structure.

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Level 3: The Transformation Approach

 The structure of the curriculum is changed to enable

students to view concepts, issues, events, and themes from the perspective of diverse ethnic and cultural groups.

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Level 4: The Social Action Approach

 Students make decisions on important social issues

and take action to help solve them.

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Think About This:

 At which level are the courses in your courses

  • r those of your SAC/department?

Mainstream Centric

I.

Contributions

II.

Additive

  • III. Transformation
  • IV. Social Action
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Think About This:

 Think about an upcoming presentation/lecture/

session in one of your courses.

 How might you be able to integrate content

representing underrepresented groups into that presentation?