Cultural Curriculum Paradigm
James Banks - Sleeter and Grant

Single Group Studies
Emphasizes specific group's history and culture.
This approach is accused of ethnocentrism.

Multicultural
The goal is the more equitable distribution of power.
Emphasis is on contact with people from the culture.

Assimilation–majority rules

Human Relations
Positive Feelings–emphasizes similarities and differences between cultures -Accused of Heroes and Holidays syndrome

Social Reconstructionism
This approach educates students to become critical thinkers, capable of examining their own life experience and willing to be pro-active about reform