Week 2 e-Activity .

•Go to the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Website, located at http://www.iste.org/standards, and research National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for students and teachers. Be prepared to discuss.

Week 2 Discussion 1
Approaches to Multicultural Education”  Please respond to the following:

•* From the e-Activity, propose two or three strategies that utilize the ISTE NETS which can be used to promote a complex multicultural or global understanding of culture.
•Specify two to three implications of a deep understanding of culture for teaching and learning. Provide examples to support your rationale.

week 2 discussion 2
The Human Relations Approach”  Please respond to the following:

•Defend or debate assumptions and instructional goals of a particular approach to multicultural education identified by the Grant and Sleeter studies referenced in the textbook, versus other approaches.
•Propose two to three instructional strategies that can be used to help teachers strive for excellence while ensuring that their students have equal opportunities.

Week 3
 Week 3 e-Activity .

•Using the Internet or Strayer databases, investigate current pieces of legislation pertaining to religion in schools. Be prepared to discuss.

Week 3 Discussion 1
“Understanding Educational Beliefs”  Please respond to the following:

•Dispute the argument that through hard work in the U.S., one is capable of determining one’s place in society. Support or challenge this position based on research, as well as on your own life experiences.
•Evaluate the extent to which two to three specific experiences in a classroom environment have influenced your educational beliefs about diversity in the classroom.

Week 3 Discussion 2

“Christian Nation or Pluralistic Culture Courts”  Please respond to the following:

•Suggest one or two ways that the federal government, through federal funding, can influence and / or perpetuate a religious culture in schools.
•* Based on the e-Activity, analyze how at least one aspect of a piece of legislation you have found may be able to influence and / or perpetuate a religious culture in schools.