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LEVELS OF INTEGRATION OF ETHNIC CONTENT Dr. James Banks Mainstream Centric Curriculum Level 1: The Contributions Approach The focus is on heroes, holidays, and discrete cultural elements. Level 2: The Additive Approach Content,


  1. LEVELS OF INTEGRATION OF ETHNIC CONTENT Dr. James Banks

  2. Mainstream Centric Curriculum

  3. Level 1: The Contributions Approach  The focus is on heroes, holidays, and discrete cultural elements.

  4. Level 2: The Additive Approach  Content, concepts, themes, and perspectives are added to the curriculum without changing its structure.

  5. Level 3: The Transformation Approach  The structure of the curriculum is changed to enable students to view concepts, issues, events, and themes from the perspective of diverse ethnic and cultural groups.

  6. Level 4: The Social Action Approach  Students make decisions on important social issues and take action to help solve them.

  7. Think About This:  At which level are the courses in your courses or those of your SAC/department? Mainstream Centric Contributions I. Additive II. III. Transformation IV. Social Action

  8. Think About This:  Think about an upcoming presentation/lecture/ session in one of your courses.  How might you be able to integrate content representing underrepresented groups into that presentation?

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