Multicultural Education at the Graduate Level: Assisting Teachers in Gaining Multicultural Understandings

Abstract

This reflective narrative explores ways in which graduate level teachers can be assisted in gaining multicultural understandings through semester-long multicultural education courses. The narrative stems from the collection of documents (e.g., questionnaires, assignments, journals and projects) and introspection by two teacher educators in different universities, one in the Midwest and the other in the Northeast USA. The authors worked primarily with White students, but the experiences of students of color are chronicled as well. The authors consider strategies that assisted in the development of multicultural understandings and raise questions for further empirical research.