Implementing Diversity: A USA-Israeli Study
Abstract
The human history shows that whenever processes of multiculturalism raise up, the need to be unique and defined resumes too. This paper offers a few theoretical and practical observations about multicultural educational approaches based on pedagogical practices, which have been developed in two academic institutions: Towson University in Maryland, USA and the Kibbutzim College of Education in Tel Aviv, Israel. Both institutions encourage humanistic agendas and approach multicultural perceptions in education and social studies. These are being cultivated within their specific Curriculum requirements, educational activities and cultural contexts. Several points will be presented demonstrating the alignment of multicultural and diversity pedagogy in parallel academic settings in the United States and Israel. The main idea is to develop educational models for implement diversity as an essential tool against racism and separatism in order to broaden the future teachers' sensitivity and acceptance of multiculturalism among students in academic campuses and schools.