- To explore the strengths and weaknesses of the Internet as a teaching and learning tool in the context of multicultural education and curriculum transformation.
- To develop strategies for building a resource base through Internet technology.
- To develop strategies for locating contributive teaching and learning tools on the Web.
- To learn how to assess Web sites and online resources from a multicultural perspective.
- To build an action plan for taking advantage of the educational value of the Web in your process of curriculum transformation.
- To have a little fun!
Session Outline
- Introduction of Self and Session
- Group Introductions
- About Me
- Working Definition of "Multicultural Education"
- Conceptualizing Curriculum Transformation
- The Internet as a Tool for Teaching and Learning
- New Opportunities
- Challenges and Limitations
- The Multiculturality of the World Wide Web
- The Intersection: 3 Guiding Principles of Multicultural Curriculum Transformation
- inclusive teaching and learning
- interactive teaching and learning
- collaborative teaching and learning
- Examples
- Intercultural Networking and Resource-Base-Building Online
- Why Network at All?
- 3 Strategies for Expanding Your Resource Base Via the Internet
- Examples
- Digging Through the Dirt (or Mining the Internet for Multicultural Teaching and Learning Tools)
- Sample Search for "Multicultural Education"
- 3 Strategies for Locating the Diamonds in the Rough
- Examples
- Multiculturally-Guided Assessment of Web Sites and Resources
- Necessity for New Assessment Instrument for Web Resources
- Criteria for Multicultural Assessment
- Trial Assessment
- Incorporation and Transformation
- Before We Go On: Precautionary Internvention
- 4 Paths to Incorporation
- Examples
- Building a Personal Action Plan
- Conclusion
Presented by Dr. Paul Gorski
October 26, 1999
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