| NSM 21 - Becoming an Educated Person (Savage Earth) | ||||
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All the reading for this assignment is in the book (Foundations):
Banks, James A., Multicultural Education for Freedom's Sake, p.273
Blanco, Michael, Ethics and Moral Decision Making, p. 277
These two authors provide a specific viewpoint on how college can help create better citizens.
1. What does Banks view as the essential role of a multicultural education? How would it look different from a traditional Western education?
2. What does Blanco see as the most important role of multicultural education?
Do the exercise on p. 280.
Pick one of the scenarios (1ab&c, 2 or 3) on p. 283-284 and write your response here:
3. Revise your outline for Part I of the essay prompt (last week's assignment) and add something from one or both of these two authors.