This chapter focuses on the importance of the civil rights movement which included martin luther king jr. This civil rights movement had a major effect on the ending of segregation. The civil rights movement contributed to the expansion of the federal role in education as well as many of the war on poverty programs we discussed in the last chapter. After reading the chapter it seems as if this chapter summed up many of the points we previously discussed earlier classes. One topic that interested me was the international women’s movement. As i recall my elementary school, middle school, and high school, majority of my teachers were female. One of the important goals of this movement was to encourage women to pursue higher education and professional education. In one of our class discussions we discussed the number of females as teachers but it is unfortunate that we do not see many females in higher positions. Are female teachers comfortable with being teachers ? What may be the cause of this lack of females in higher education positions ?
The chapter also discusses the emergence of multicultural education. I believe it is benofficial to incorporate the many cultures in our education system. It shows how diverse the american school system is. I feel that in order to have a diverse school system in must incorporate the many different cultures of the students but as well as the teachers. As i mentioned earlier many of our teachers in elementary, middle school, and high school are females. With more men teachers at the lower level to the higher level teachers in high school i believe this can bring even more diversity.
What can also be done to push more male teachers into the idea of teaching ?
