| This study examined how participants' self-awareness of multicultural topics changed during a Multicultural Education course. Multicultural competence is a goal for many colleges and universities, and understanding how multicultural self-awareness develops may offer guidance for creating more effective curriculum for multicultural education courses. Bennett's Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (1986) was used as a framework to examine reflection papers, topic papers, and interviews for six participants. All participants showed an overall increase in self-awareness concerning multicultural topics. Participants were in varying stages for different topics. Topics examined were ableism, racism, classism, sexism, and heterosexism.;The course was based on Banks' Social Action Approach (1989) to integrating multicultural content into the curriculum. While multicultural education should be a focus across the curriculum, the curriculum of this stand alone course supported increases in participant self-awareness of multicultural topics and deserves further study. Participants perceived that many different instructional strategies supported their learning, which suggests that future research on instructional strategies is needed. |
