Mentor/s
Professor Cara Kilgallen
Participation Type
Poster
Abstract
Over the course of this presentation, I will provide a detailed analysis on the effects that multicultural literature has in a classroom environment. I will utilize work from educators and researchers who explore the relationship between multicultural curriculum and the development of empathy. I am going to pair research on multicultural education with case-study results to show how multicultural literature fosters empathy in the classroom. Through the process of unpacking and analyzing these scholarly articles, I will introduce the impact of multicultural education and how it can create a positive, supportive learning environment. Once I have utilized the scholarly articles to explore the importance of multiculturalism, I will analyze how actual case-studies advance this research by putting it into practice. The analysis I will provide of these case-studies will demonstrate how students cultivate empathy and understanding as a result of the implementation of multicultural literature in the curriculum.
College and Major available
English
Location
Digital Commons
Start Day/Time
4-24-2020 2:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-24-2020 4:00 PM
Comments
A PowerPoint presentation accompanies this submission as an additional file.
Prize Categories
Best Multidisciplinary Research or Collaboration, Most Scholarly Impact or Potential, Most Meaningful
Inviting Empathy into the Classroom: The Importance of Implementing Multicultural Education
Digital Commons
Over the course of this presentation, I will provide a detailed analysis on the effects that multicultural literature has in a classroom environment. I will utilize work from educators and researchers who explore the relationship between multicultural curriculum and the development of empathy. I am going to pair research on multicultural education with case-study results to show how multicultural literature fosters empathy in the classroom. Through the process of unpacking and analyzing these scholarly articles, I will introduce the impact of multicultural education and how it can create a positive, supportive learning environment. Once I have utilized the scholarly articles to explore the importance of multiculturalism, I will analyze how actual case-studies advance this research by putting it into practice. The analysis I will provide of these case-studies will demonstrate how students cultivate empathy and understanding as a result of the implementation of multicultural literature in the curriculum.
Students' Information
English Major, Spanish Minor, Honors Minor, 2020. On track to get Masters in Secondary Education, 2021.
Winner, Most Meaningful 2020 award.