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The multicultural education system is a developing discipline that aims to provide educational opportunities to students from a diverse ethnicity, cultural groups and social-class. This system seeks out to help students obtain skills, techniques and positive attitude to negotiate, communicate and interact with other individuals from diverse cultures. The purpose of this system is to create a ethical and civic community.
The multicultural education system is a developing discipline that aims to provide educational opportunities to students from a diverse ethnicity, cultural groups and social-class. This system seeks out to help students obtain skills, techniques and positive attitude to negotiate, communicate and interact with other individuals from diverse cultures. The purpose of this system is to create a ethical and civic community.


<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Keith|title=Multicultural Education|url=http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/keith.html|website=EdChange}}</ref>==References==
==References==


<ref> Satzewich V. and Liokadis (2013). "Race" and Ethnicity in Canada a Critical Introduction. Toronto: Oxford University Press. </ref>
<ref> Satzewich V. and Liokadis (2013). "Race" and Ethnicity in Canada a Critical Introduction. Toronto: Oxford University Press. </ref>

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Multiculturalism

Multicultural education is a set of instructions and strategies that are designed for numerous different races. It is all based upon consensus building and fostering a cultural diversity within issues that are created by rapidly changing demographics of the students. It provides the idea that students from different backgrounds should have an equal opportunity to education. Multicultural education incorporates a positive racial eccentricities into a classroom setting and provides the students with the knowledge about histories, cultures and contributions of diverse groups. The foremost shortcoming to the multicultural education system is that teachers may encounter difficulty teaching the students from different races, and especially if they only mainly speak in their native language.

Benefits of Multicultural Education

Multicultural classrooms promote the use of decision-making and critical thinking while moving towards cultural pluralism.

Help to eradicate prejudice and racism

Having a negative attitude does not ease respect for the people of different cultures, fostering of a cultural diversity in the classroom, or even consensus building. With multicultural education, the administrative support, the range of social activities, and the training for the staff, there may be a decrease in the level of ignorance, personal detachment and even fear on both the teachers and the students. [1]

Brings different races together in harmony

The unconscious and conscious expressions of racism and sexism can be completely gone if we are able to embrace the diversity given with our society. Multicultural education can help bring all or majority of the cultures together in agreement.

Builds interaction between diverse cultures

As research have indicated that ethnic students are inexplicably poor, being expelled and/or suspended, and even failing to achieve their potential. Consequently, both the teachers and the students need to prepare themselves for the challenge of communicating and interacting with others from the diverse races. Possible advantages to the Multicultural education system is there is a reduction of personal detachment and ignorance are in place.[2]

Creates tolerance between two groups

The multicultural curriculum encouraging the understanding and tolerance between groups is the greatest benefit the system can provide. When the students are able to relate to each other in the classes, they are able to create co-operations and agreements.

It eradicates cultural barriers

The multicultural education system is a developing discipline that aims to provide educational opportunities to students from a diverse ethnicity, cultural groups and social-class. This system seeks out to help students obtain skills, techniques and positive attitude to negotiate, communicate and interact with other individuals from diverse cultures. The purpose of this system is to create a ethical and civic community.

[3]==References==

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<references <ref>Wilson, Keith. "Multicultural education". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)</ref>/> Multicultural education

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  3. ^ Wilson, Keith. "Multicultural Education". EdChange.
  4. ^ Satzewich V. and Liokadis (2013). "Race" and Ethnicity in Canada a Critical Introduction. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Benefits of Multicultural education