《多元文化教育的课程设计准则（英文）》.pdfVIP

Curriculum Guidelines for Multicultural Education (Prepared by the NCSS Task Force on Ethnic Studies Curriculum Guidelines Adopted by NCSS Board of Directors, 1976, revised 1991) Introduction Publishing a revision of Curriculum Guidelines for Multicultural Education is especially appropriate and timely because of the significant increase in the nations population of people of color that has occurred since they were published sixteen years ago. The percentage of people of color in the nation will continue to rise throughout the early decades of the next century. Indeed, the 1990 census revealed that one out of every four people who live in the United States is a person of color and that one out of every three people will be a person of color by the turn of the century. Likewise, the ethnic and racial makeup of the nations classrooms is changing significantly. Students of color constitute a majority in twenty-five of the nations largest school districts and in California, our most populous state with a population of thirty million people. Students of color will make up nearly half (46 percent) of the nations school-age youth by 2020, and about 27 percent of those students will be victims of poverty. One important implication of these demographic trends is that education in the twenty-first century must help low-income students and students of color to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to participate in the work force and in society. This goal is not possible without restructuring schools, colleges, and universities, and institutiona