FED Multicultural Education and Diversity in US Schools

Question 1

James Banks identified five dimensions of multicultural education. Which dimension involves changing the entire school culture to reflect diversity?

Accepted Answer

An empowering school culture and social structure

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Content integration

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Knowledge construction process

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Prejudice reduction

Question 2

Culturally responsive teaching, as described by Gloria Ladson-Billings, is characterized by:

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Using students' cultural backgrounds as a bridge to academic content and developing critical consciousness

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Teaching only content from students' home cultures

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Eliminating standardized assessment for minority students

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Assigning students to classrooms based on cultural background

Question 3

Which term describes the process by which immigrant students and families gradually adopt the dominant culture while losing aspects of their heritage culture?

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Assimilation

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Multiculturalism

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Accommodation

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Pluralism

Question 4

English Language Learner (ELL) students in US schools who receive instruction maintaining and developing their home language alongside English are in a:

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Dual language or bilingual education program

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Structured English immersion program

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Sheltered instruction program

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Transitional mainstreaming program

Question 5

The term 'achievement gap' in US education most commonly refers to:

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Disparities in academic performance between groups defined by race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status

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Differences in achievement between urban and rural schools

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The gap between current performance and a school's annual targets

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Differences between honors and regular course performance

Question 6

Which of the following best describes 'implicit bias' in the educational context?

Accepted Answer

Unconscious attitudes and stereotypes that affect teachers' decisions and interactions with students

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Deliberate and conscious discrimination against minority students

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Official school policies that discriminate against minority groups

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Bias embedded in standardized test items intentionally