Malaysia is regarded one of the most plural countries in Southeast Asia. The plurality and the diversified nature of the society and the ability to live in relative peace and harmony make it possible to speak about Malaysia 's experience of multiculturalism and co-existence.It also traces some of the possible factors that are helping to shape the present generation outlook towards multiculturalism.Malaysia comprise three main ethnic groups proportion. In Malaysia, 50.4% of the population is Malay, 23.7% Chinese, 11% indigenous peoples, 7.1% Indian, and 7.8% other races. There are also many ways to nurture and cherish the harmony between multi ethnic in our country.Firstly,seeds of unity must be sow in the children’s heart in schools. In the context of education, for example, focus on national unity had always been the priority in encouraging interaction and promoting goodwill and harmony within the school community. The idea is to ensure students begin mingling at an early age. In fostering tolerance and acceptance and moulding civic and national consciousness, the Ministry of Education, Malaysia, has lined up various programmes and activities. The use of the Malay language or Bahasa Malaysia as the national language, the Education Ministry’s Student Integration Programme for Unity, participation in multicultural performances, expos and exhibitions, and having more teachers of various races attached to national schools reflect genuine efforts towards sowing
Lastly, the Multiculturalism Policy of 1971 has impacted the evolution of the social-cultural identity overtime for Canada. Multiculturalism was first introduced to Canada after the second world war when two key European ethnic groups, the British and the French, joined the aboriginal peoples in Canada. This caused Canada to rethink the role of other ethnicities within the society and became the start of multiculturalism. The Multiculturalism Policy was a way for Canada to no longer be a white country, but to be more diverse, with different ethnicities within the society. Canada’s laws and policies recognize Canada’s diversity by race, cultural heritage, ethnicity, religion and place of origin as well as guarantee to all men and women complete
Harpo Allen Middle School Scenario Reflection 1. Describe some approaches that could be used to establish a culture of high expectations for students and staff performances at Harpo Allen Middle School. • First, as a new principal, you will need to acquire an understanding of and appreciation for the culture of the school, then, use your leadership style (such as being a team leader) in order to gain the trust and respect of the staff and students. • Conduct a school climate survey of faculty, parents, and students to gauge how much of the learning process I taking place and what measures need to be incorporated insure that high quality teaching/learning is taking place for the entire school. • Create PLCs to promote high expectations among
Chapter three’s main focus was to break down and take a more in depth look at the many categories of race, class, gender, and disability in the classroom and how each of them affect what we do and how our classroom operates. Although it is only the third chapter and I have many more chapters to read about multicultural education, this is certainly my favorite chapter in this book so far. I found the various examples and main points throughout the chapter to be both interesting and eye-opening. This chapter hooked me from the first paragraph as it began the discussion of the ongoing social issues that continuously bring about debate on what should be taught in the classroom, how students should learn, how instruction is organized, and how teachers
1. What is multiculturalism? Multiculturalism is the co-existence of unfamiliar cultures, including religions, cultural groups, and racial groups. These diverse cultures are manifested into customary behaviors, values, similar thinking patterns, communication styles and cultural assumptions. Multiculturalism is a view that all cultural differences should be respected and accepting human diversity regardless of religious differences, ethnic linguistic and social recognition.
This problem always arises from ignorance of attitudes, customs and values of others, causing serious prejudice among people of different religions. This situation can be solved by expanding the interaction space for the aims of building respect, trust and love among all people. Relationship can be improved by increasing the opportunities of interaction, not only characteristic of similarities between them. Thus, higher potential of religious harmony occurs as more interaction taking place in the community. Parents are also responsible in cultivating values and attitude in new generation to produce a future generation who can mingle easily with people from different religions and cultures and can easily adapt oneself to a different
Today, Canada promotes multiculturalism and is generally accepting of people of all ethnic backgrounds. However, this was not always the case as the Canadian government often mistreated minority groups such as the Jewish and the Japanese, especially during World War Two. Anti-Semitism was always prevalent in Canada during the early twentieth century but as Germany developed these sentiments, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King implemented immigration restrictions targeted at Jewish refugees as an attempt to keep them out of Canada. Additionally, the mistreatment of Japanese Canadians heightened after Japan attacked Pearl Harbour in 1941. Consequently, the Canadian government responded by forcibly removing Japanese Canadians who were
“As a community, we have become so focused on defining our differences that we have forgotten about the power we have if we work as a collective.” (Nada Kalam, 2017). Many people all around the world experience different levels of racism on a daily basis. Most people say that Australia is lucky to have escaped this problem, but this isn’t the case as racism is still an issue in today’s society. This racism is brought on by cultural ignorance and lack of education.
After approximately four decades, the practice of multiculturalism needs to be re-evaluated. Even though the policy has good intentions and has made progress, there are still unresolved problems. The goal of multiculturalism is to create unity, but it may accentuate the differences between cultures and individuals (Kirova, 2008, 116). Allowing for diversity can also be hard, as individuals struggle to belong to both their heritage culture and the dominant culture of Canada. Furthermore, racism has not been eliminated nor do individuals have equal chances.
This essay is about multicultural education in universities and will discuss implementing multicultural education
Multicultural Education: Theory and Application For the purpose of this study, Multicultural Education as conceptualized by Banks (1984) and complimented by Campinha-Bacote’s Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare, partially forms the theoretical framework. Banks identified the following five concepts as dimensions of multicultural education: Content Integration, Knowledge Construction, Equity Pedagogy, Prejudice Reduction, and an Empowering School Culture and Social Structure. According to Banks (1993), the many passionate debates on multicultural education generally obscured the theory, research, and growing consensus among multicultural education specialists about its nature, aims, and scope and a significant gap
Our country, Malaysia is a small, tropical country that lies within South-East Asia. Although it is small, it has a number of things to boast about. And the most prominent among these things is its multiracial community. This is due to people of different races living together in harmony within the borders of this little country. This has shaped Malaysia into a melting pot of vastly different cultures and religions, creating diversity.
Religion Malaysia Malaysia is a multicultural country that comprises of Malays, Indians and Chinese. With the Malays being the largest community. The Malay language they use is Bahasa and they control the political fortunes of the country. Chinese make up one third of the country population, which comprise of Buddhist and Taoists, and speak different dialects. Indians would only make up 10% of the population and are mainly Hindu Tamils.
The definition of multiculturalism is when you have cultural diversity within a society. Many people assume that having a multicultural society is a great thing, and in most ways it is. However, with a multicultural society, some problems will occur. In this essay I will debate whether or not a multicultural society is a good thing, and will be pointing out advantages and disadvantages.
Introduction Have you heard before about multicultural education?. In the last years multicultural education has been increasing in all the countries around the world, but the question is why this issue became so relevant and how this kind of education brings impact, rather positive or negative to students? Schools are being forced to change their method and increase the academic level because of multiculturalism. In this passage you would know about what is the definition of multicultural education in United States schools.
Similar to the benefits of the universal healthcare system, Canada prides itself on the great variety of cultures, ethnicities and religions that are present within the country. In 1971, the Canadian government began to recognize the value of all diversities and officially adopted the Multiculturalism policy. In consideration of this policy, Canada has been nicknamed the mosaic (Pohorelic) since the nation continually strives to embrace and promote multiculturalism. For instance, all citizens who reside in Canada are able to have an identity, feel accepted and take pride in their ancestry. In addition, on July 12, 1988, the House of Commons passed the Bill C-93: “An Act for the preservation and enhancement of multiculturalism in Canada” (Legislative