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                CMC Senior Theses                                                   CMC Student Scholarship
                2010
                Multicultural Education: What is it and Does it
                Have Benefits?
                Celestial J. Zaldana
                Claremont McKenna College
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                Zaldana, Celestial J., "Multicultural Education: What is it and Does it Have Benefits?" (2010). CMC Senior Theses. Paper 64.
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              Running head: MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION                            1 
                               CLAREMONT McKENNA COLLEGE 
                                                
                  MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: WHAT IS IT AND DOES IT HAVE 
                                          BENEFITS? 
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                        SUBMITTED TO 
                                                
                                  PROFESSOR TOMOE KANAYA 
                                                
                                             AND 
                                                
                                     DEAN GREGORY HESS 
                                                
                                              BY 
                                                
                                     CELESTIAL ZALDANA 
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                
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                                        SENIOR THESIS 
                                                
                                           FALL/2010 
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                   MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION                                                              3 
                    
                                                     Table of Contents 
                                                               
                   Introduction                                                                       Page 4 
                    
                   What is multicultural education?                                                   Page 4 
                          First dimension: Content integration                                        Page 5 
                          Second dimension: Knowledge construction process                            Page 7 
                          Third dimension: Prejudice reduction                                        Page 9 
                          Fourth dimension: Equity pedagogy                                           Page 9 
                          Fifth dimension: Empowering school culture and social structure        Page 10 
                   Concluding clarifications: Multicultural education                                 Page 10 
                   Multicultural education’s benefits                                                 Page 11 
                          Assimilation, acculturation, and biculturalism                              Page 12 
                          Intergroup Relations                                                        Page 14 
                          Engagement, critical pedagogy, and empowerment                              Page 17 
                   Conclusion                                                                         Page 19 
                   References                                                                         Page 20