Cultural Barriers
To overcome cultural barriers in art-making, the teacher must have an in-depth understanding of the culture. They must also understand the line between appreciation and appropriation. The goal in a multicultural classroom should be to educate each student fairly, while taking into account any misconceptions of the culture. Some of the misconceptions of Native American culture may lead to subtle and even overt racism from other students, therefore incorporating historically accurate information on Native American cultures will provide all students with a greater understanding of culture and a basis of acceptance. To discuss inequality across races, socioeconomic status, and gender, we as teachers will broaden the perspectives of our students, and cultivate more respectful views of our surrounding cultures.
"In a noncommittal news release accompanying the report, Alexander called better education of Native American students "a vital part" of the administration's education strategy "to prepare every student in America for responsible citizenship, continued learning and productive employment." (Kenneth J. Cooper, 1991)
BREAKING CULTURAL BARRIERS
Strategy 1:
The first strategy that we'd like to implement is assigning students a holiday from another culture and giving them around a month to research it and create a collage to present to the class. They would address the reasoning behind the celebration, traditional foods, rituals, dances, etc.
Strategy 2:
The second strategy our group created was to have the students partner up and describe their cultural background to each other. Each student would present on the other’s culture using a medium specific to that culture.
From a student’s perspective on multicultural teachings, they feel that it is sufficient to have positive outlooks, specifically looking at younger students. To be able to present the work of artists who deal with equity issues that addresses social and political issues and to have the room decorated in a way that reflects diverse groups to have understanding and acceptance of everyone’s culture, so that it is fair to everyone.
These are things that students see as a problem in their own art classrooms.
Joyce Millman, 2010
To overcome cultural barriers in art-making, the teacher must have an in-depth understanding of the culture. They must also understand the line between appreciation and appropriation. The goal in a multicultural classroom should be to educate each student fairly, while taking into account any misconceptions of the culture. Some of the misconceptions of Native American culture may lead to subtle and even overt racism from other students, therefore incorporating historically accurate information on Native American cultures will provide all students with a greater understanding of culture and a basis of acceptance. To discuss inequality across races, socioeconomic status, and gender, we as teachers will broaden the perspectives of our students, and cultivate more respectful views of our surrounding cultures.
"In a noncommittal news release accompanying the report, Alexander called better education of Native American students "a vital part" of the administration's education strategy "to prepare every student in America for responsible citizenship, continued learning and productive employment." (Kenneth J. Cooper, 1991)
BREAKING CULTURAL BARRIERS
Strategy 1:
The first strategy that we'd like to implement is assigning students a holiday from another culture and giving them around a month to research it and create a collage to present to the class. They would address the reasoning behind the celebration, traditional foods, rituals, dances, etc.
Strategy 2:
The second strategy our group created was to have the students partner up and describe their cultural background to each other. Each student would present on the other’s culture using a medium specific to that culture.
From a student’s perspective on multicultural teachings, they feel that it is sufficient to have positive outlooks, specifically looking at younger students. To be able to present the work of artists who deal with equity issues that addresses social and political issues and to have the room decorated in a way that reflects diverse groups to have understanding and acceptance of everyone’s culture, so that it is fair to everyone.
These are things that students see as a problem in their own art classrooms.
Joyce Millman, 2010