Developing a Learning Modelto meet the demands of Cultural Diversity

Developing a Learning Model
to meet the demands of Cultural Diversity


By Dorothy Little
InsT 7000 Pro-Seminar: Educational Technology
Dr. Byron R. Burnham, Utah State University


Introduction
In today’s global, multiculturally-sensitive society where education is in a constant state of “reform”, learning models are needed more than ever before to provide research-based “roadmaps” for both instructional designers and classroom teachers.
New ways of viewing multicultural issues raise serious questions about the fragmentation of our approach to “where on a learning model” the multicultural aspects of learning should be addressed, and whether the learning model could remain viable in the face of change.
A viable learning model would need to retain basic principles of psychological, sociological, and of the brain developmental and functional aspects of learning while maintaining enough flexibility to accommodate change.
Teacher-related variables within a usefu...