The Eight Factors of Diversity Education That is Multicultural • 1992 - Maryland Task Force on Education That Is Multicultural • 1993 - The Ethnic and Cultural Minorities Regulation repealed • 1993 - Education That is Multicultural (ETM) Regulations adopted The ETM Regulations • • • • Curriculum Instruction Professional Development Educational Resources 1 ETM Regulations • • • • Continuous Integrated Multiethnic Multidisciplinary Factors of Diversity Race/Ethnicity Gender Disability Region Socio-economic Language Religion Age Ethnicity/Race • Ethnicity Group membership Culture Language Political and Economic Interests History Ancestral Geographical Base • Race Socially Constructed Not Biological Wijeyesinghe, Griffin, & Love, 1997 2 Gender Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions receiving federal financial assistance Disabilities • IDEA - a disorder in one or more basic psychological processes • Section 504 - protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education Region • • • • Geographical Area Features Customs Characteristics 3 Socio-economic Status • • • • • Community Income Occupation Education Wealth Language Spoken or written symbols by which members communicate Religion Personal or institutionalized system grounded in belief and worship 4 Age The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibits discrimination based on age Which Factors Define You? Race/Ethnicity Gender Disability Region Socio-economic Language Religion Age 5
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