Care: The Core of Multicultural Education

Qn 1. In Chapter 3 of your course text, Ramsey states: "In short, caring is a powerful emotion that energizes concern for ourselves and others and our willingness to confront and change inequities. Thus, it is an essential component of multicultural education" (Ramsey, 2004, p. 44). Drawing on what you have learned in this course and particularly this week, explain why this statement is true, citing the Learning Resources to support your ideas.

Care is an important component of multicultural education as it will enable learners to look out and maintain the welfare of their fellow students. Similarly, it will limit prejudice and discrimination by a tutor to the students as it enables one to value and respect the other person equally. Care will

Quality early childhood experiences and programs foster children's development of empathy, effective communication, initiating and maintaining social interactions and relationships, playing cooperatively, and resolving conflicts. Review pages 54–66 in your text and choose two of the interpersonal skills that are of the most interest to you. Based on what you have learned from the resources this week, explain what each of these interpersonal skills entails and how each supports true multicultural education in the context of building caring, responsive, and collaborative communities. Communication skills are important interpersonal skills in learners as they help them form and maintain relationships with their colleagues. When a child is enabled to communicate easily, he will be at an advantage in interpersonal relations will fellow students despite their differential aspects of culture and language. Communication builds trust amongst individuals and expands their understanding of each other enabling them to know each other’s likes and dislikes that will greatly encourage unity and collaboration between

By respecting their individuality and uniqueness, I will be able to maintain good relationships with the students and be able to understand their individual strengths and weaknesses. Subsequently, I will be responsible for my actions and techniques used while teaching and at the same time hold each student responsible for their actions and statements. In encouraging a respectful environment for each student, learners will be held responsible for actions that seem to violate the accepted norms and learning culture within the