About Teaching in Multicultural Setting
This course is intended to equip learners with competencies required to teach in settings characterized by ethnic, linguistic, social class, religious, gender and many other markers of diversity. Taking democracy, social justice and equity as cross cutting themes it strives to build the capacity to inculcate mutual respect and tolerance among the learners. In so doing it treats topics such as the concept of multicultural education; problems faced minorities such as stereotypes and prejudices, discrimination, racism, sexism, ethnocentrism in educational practices; teaching, curriculum, and the school environment in multicultural settings. In addition it also treats diversity issues in Ethiopian secondary schools.