MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: INDEPENDENT MOVEMENTS ON PARALLEL PATHS

Connie S. Hankee (Connie S. Hankee is a teacher at Parkland Senior High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. She has taught English, literature, and technology classes in U.S. public schools, including both high school and community college, for over 30 y)
Gina Zanolini Morrison (Prof. Gina Zanolini Morrison a Visiting Scholar at UTM (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) International Campus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while sabbatical from the Education Department ofWilkes University, U.S.A.)

Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature
Vol 10, No 2: December 2010

Over the lastfew decades, two majorforces affecting the lives of second language learners have emerged in educational systems throughout the world: the increasing diversity of student populations and emerging technological advancements. The juxtaposition of these two phenomena presents an opportunity to bring together two educational movements: multicultural education and technology education. These entities are examined as parallel social movements whose convergence would provide the momentum for needed changes in today's educational systems.Banks, J. A. "Multicultural Education: Characteristics and Goals". In Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives (7thed.). Edited by Banks, J. A. &Banks, C.A. M., Hoboken,NJ: Wiley,2010.