The Eight Factors of Diversity
Education That is
Multicultural
• 1992 - Maryland Task Force on Education
That Is Multicultural
•
1993 - The Ethnic and Cultural Minorities
Regulation repealed
•
1993 - Education That is Multicultural
(ETM) Regulations adopted
The ETM Regulations
• Curriculum
• Instruction
• Professional Development
• Educational Resources
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ETM Regulations
• Continuous
• Integrated
• Multiethnic
• Multidisciplinary
Factors of Diversity
Race/Ethnicity
Disability
Socio-economic
Religion
Gender
Region
Language
Age
Ethnicity/Race
•
Ethnicity
 Group membership
 Culture
 Language
 Political and Economic Interests
 History
 Ancestral Geographical Base
• Race
 Socially Constructed
 Not Biological
Wijeyesinghe, Gri ffi n, & Love, 1997
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Gender
Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions receiving federal financial assistance
Disabilities
• IDEA - a disorder in one or more basic psychological processes
• Section 504 - protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive federal funds from the U.S.
Department of Education
Region
• Geographical Area
• Features
• Customs
• Characteristics
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Socio-economic Status
• Community
• Income
• Occupation
• Education
• Wealth
Language
Spoken or written symbols by which members communicate
Religion
Personal or institutionalized system grounded in belief and worship
4

Age
The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibits discrimination based on age
Which Factors Define You?
Race/Ethnicity
Disability
Socio-economic
Religion
Gender
Region
Language
Age
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