Integrating Transformative Multicultural Practice into the Traditional Physical Education Curriculum
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
2008
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Don Woodcock
Second Committee Member
S. Schmitz
Third Committee Member
D. Szal
Abstract
This study is intended to serve as a resource for upper elementary physical education teachers seeking supplemental materials to integrate diversity through multicultural education in their traditional physical education classroom. Two questions are the basis for this study: ( 1) Can multicultural education be integrated into the upper elementary physical education classroom? (2) How can teachers' use this study as an assessment tool in their upper elementary physical education program? This study is built upon the work of scholar James Banks. It will extend the work of James Banks by showing how his concept of changing the curriculum to integrate multicultural learning and cultural perspective can be applied to the traditional upper elementary physical education classroom. Although there are very few pieces of literature on this particular subject, the researcher has chosen four separate activities from different cultures in North America to be the focus of this study.
Recommended Citation
Breeden, Kari Lea, "Integrating Transformative Multicultural Practice into the Traditional Physical Education Curriculum" (2008). All Graduate Projects. 144.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/144
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Elementary Education and Teaching Commons, Health and Physical Education Commons