Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Which Category is right?
The three categories of multiculturalism are monoculturalists, liberal multiculturalist, and plural multiculturalists. How does a teacher now which way to go about teaching in his/her classroom? First of all lets just discuss the differences between each category. Monoculturalists are neo-colonialist in that the intent is to maintain the dominant culture as the superior or best culture. Liberal muticulturalists usually speak in the language of democracy, freedom, and justice, but fail to acknowledge systemic forms of oppression. Plural multiculturalism celebrates human diversity but fails also to acknowledge systemic forms of oppression, often reducing reasons for socio-economic or political inequalities to a problem of misunderstanding.(Morton 34) Personally I think I fall between the liberal and plural multiculturalism categories. I think that it is important to incorporate all different cultures in the classroom. Everyone should have a well rounded knowledge of the different cultures of the world, and being music educators, I think it is our job to introduce our students to different musical cultures. I think that it is great to incorporate the different types of cultures that your students are into the classroom, but I don't believe that it should be based on just one culture.
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