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ERIC Number: EJ502021
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Teaching Children to Respect Diversity.
Baker, Gwendolyn Calvert
Childhood Education, v71 n1 p33-35 Fall 1994
Noting that what children learn about the wide variety of people in the world influences the kind of adults they become, discusses the challenge educators face in teaching children to appreciate and respect diversity. Explains the advantages of teaching children about other cultures and describes how one teacher integrates the study of different cultures into the curriculum. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships, Elementary Education, Ethnic Studies, Ethnicity, Humanistic Education, Multicultural Education, Role of Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Sensitivity; Cultural Studies; Multicultural Societies