1、 1 The rural school a variety of culture education First the United States rural schools attach importance to carry out a variety of culture education reason According to the us national normal education appraisal committee definition, a variety of culture education is for students future may experi
2、ence culture diversity and human complexity and other social, political, and economic reality problems of preparation, cultivate and develop the students observation, evaluation, and in different cultural environment for the performance of the corresponding action ability of education. Rural life ch
3、aracteristics of the change, the requirement of rural education responsibilities and the corresponding change. Along with the social politics, economy, technology, the rapid development of the population, information communication is becoming more and more frequent, the rural life characteristics ar
4、e no longer isolated, it also lack of without and the outside world relation. People found, in answer to the purpose and significance of this kind of fundamental problems, only based on community interior is not comprehensive, still need to people around the world. Keep contact with other culture an
5、d communication, respect other peoples culture, and carry out a variety of culture education is the foundation. All kinds of immigrants settled in the countryside, the rural attaches great importance to the requirements through a variety of cultural education, establish a positive relationship. At t
6、he beginning of the founding of from the United States, there are many different ethnic groups and different religious education background of immigrants in the American rural settle down, and breeds, it is they made a great contribution, the rural community to get todays prosperity. Therefore, the
7、rural itself has been exist a variety of culture exchange tradition. Today, the number of immigration to the United States still in rapid growth, many people will also house Ann in the countryside, thus adding to the American rural cultural diversity, it promotes the different cultural background of
8、 individuals and groups communicate between. If this kind of exchange building in the more mature understanding of and respect for others culture based on words, it will have a positive effect, therefore, need to be in different groups to build positive relationship between, and carry out a variety
9、of culture education. Americanized education affect adolescent correct world concept and cultural understanding of concept formation, needs through a variety of cultural education to adjustment. The school education in the foreign the children of immigrants into American this melting pot, make it be
10、come the American to the core has effect, however, objectively speaking, the so-called americanized education there is lack of cultural diversity understanding hidden trouble. First of all, superpower supremacy consciousness affects American multicultural education development. The United States in
11、dealing with international affairs, often with its superpower status show arrogant attitude. In the United States peoples point of view the world, to the American standard to manage the world become a natural 2 things. This kind of thinking for education XiRan. Therefore, in the education students h
12、ow to treat their own environment outside of the culture and not forward how many, but add to the American youth culture ideas opinionated, cause other ethnic groups and hold different religious people dislike. Second, the American social internal national unequal status, also affect the understandi
13、ng of cultural diversity. In the United States social structure, in the upper and the mainstream status of is all descendants of European immigrants, white whether in government organizations, economic and trade, or in social employment, education power, etc total advantage, and like Asian, west Afr
14、ican, Africa, Latin America and other immigrants tend to be the more unfavorable status. In the education aspect, for the performance of the most school education concept, school management, curriculum and teaching, campus activities and festivals are all around the white mans thought idea, the beha
15、vior way, value criterion to carry out, and other ethnic cultural knowledge and idea seldom appear in the classroom. White values as a measure of things criteria throughout the school dominant or invisible surroundings, and the environment on the customs of other RACES, culture, traditions, rarely t
16、o understanding and respect, and sometimes take even flippant attitude. This kind of education on the one hand can make white students more and more overestimate yourself and group strengths, and others have prejudice； On the other hand may increase nonwhite Asia, Africa, Latin America and other imm
17、igrants descendants of the students inferiority psychology, also lurk may be contentious tensions. Two the rural school a variety of culture education the main measures At present, rural schools in the United States a variety of cultural education mainly has the following several aspects: Change edu
18、cation idea, renewing education content. To carry out a variety of culture education, we must first in teachers education concept to reform. It emphasize teachers role is to reduce the important role of students ideological bias, requires teachers to change the past that used to consider too much wh
19、ite idea, will be the western way of thinking as orthodox and ignore the number of minority students in school rising reality, rarely mention non-western cultural knowledge practice. It requires the teacher to rethink the diversity of culture, in the education process, whether students are white, or
20、 other people, to give the same enthusiasm, for students to understand and respect for a variety of culture to create an open environment, so that the students can use a more rigorous attitude look at its own culture and other culture similarity between and differences, meet a variety of cultural va
21、lue. In the course of the measures taken are: strengthening the choice between people of many kinds of culture, the relationship between new content to replace the past the lack of cultural diversity understanding of materials； Increase the various national tradition, custom, history and so on aspec
22、ts of teaching time, other national major festivals in class education agenda, let more students to understand their national culture outside of the knowledge； Pay attention to sports, music, art, plays the role of class, students can not only through the sports activities to strengthen the differen
23、t cultural background students cooperation and team spirit, can also appreciate the magnificent and colorful art at the same time, to understand other people rich and 3 colorful culture. To strengthen the school and community contact Family background and attitude also affects the development of a v
24、ariety of culture education. The school pays much attention to in the community, between the family to establish good relations, on the one hand, make full use of the community of talented person, the material and cultural resources, on the one hand, using education means influence the whole communi
25、ty members, to create a good atmosphere, to promote the success of the variety of culture education development. These measures include: for the parents of the students participation in a variety of culture education teaching plan formulation, and carefully listen to their opinions and Suggestions,
26、and adjust education strategy； timely notify relevant a variety of culture education information, let the students parents know education process and target； invite parents to participate in students cultural activities or in nearby short trip； to the family school of cultural diversity for guidance
27、, etc. Advocate the cooperation study, deepen mutual understanding Johns. Hopkins university department levin and leadership of the school social organization center research shows that different levels of students constitute a group together to accomplish a common goal, in partnership between to st
28、udents establish good interpersonal relations and academic achievement to bring positive positive effect. The research results in the countryside in a variety of culture education time also often use. Students from different cultural backgrounds, in study together, play together at the same time, ge
29、t rid of the thinking and behavior of the set, and through the understanding of friends, to perceive other cultural customs, the behavior way, etc., and adopt the tolerance, understanding, respect attitude, not prejudice and pride. Give full play to the minority teachers and international exchange s
30、tudents role Recently, there is a called for the United States and education plan, requirement, keep the close connection between schools, to ensure that different cultural backgrounds to rural school teachers for access to educational, sometimes these temporary visit teaching teachers may long stay
31、 at the school for a variety of culture background of education. Some rural communities are actively recruiting different cultural teacher let them in different schools in turn teaching. Due to various reasons, already cant invited to the teacher to have a short visit teaching, also cannot recruitme
32、nt to teachers, rural schools in white teachers is taken as a visiting teachers to participate in a multi-ethnic school education teaching, or participate in the relevant activities promote cultural diversity. In the United States, people are often invite international exchange students to rural com
33、munities, to introduce their own culture. It also become effective advance a variety of culture education one of the measures. Now, exchange students in the community has become the popular members, and actively participate in community multicultural education. Three, enlightenment Teach students un
34、derstand human diversity, teach them to recognize the earth between all people have similarity and depend on each other, teaching students to learn to live with their different people live together, this is the mission of education. Pay attention to the development of a variety of culture education, ask people in
