Applying Multicultural Education in Christian Contexts

• In Event: 53.082 - Poster Session 10
  In Poster Session: 53.082-1 - Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory and Practice

Abstract

In this paper, churches are discussed as a site for multicultural education. As a voluntary organization, churches play a unique role in education as a site of public pedagogy. Using a case study of a Christian conference that was focused on racial unity, I described how Banks’ Five Dimensions of Multicultural Education were present in the conference, and how churches can join in the efforts to create a more equitable society. It is only through a more equitable society at large that we can hope to achieve the promise of equal educational opportunity.

Author

• Shalyse Iseminger, Purdue University