Abstract
Egypt today needs to build a modern democracy while respecting its own heritages and those of others. We should therefore invest in developing multicultural notions of peace that will help different people and nations to understand and respect each other. This would reduce conflict. Art enables students to express themselves and to convey information about their cultures. For this reason, this aspect of education may be considered to be one of the most important in promoting mutual understanding with other cultures, and achieving peace. The concepts of multiculturalism, cross-cultural empathy, awareness, responsibility, participation, personal achievement and mobility reveal to us multiple strains of thinking that now compete and coexist under the umbrella concept of global citizenship. This paper addresses the achievement of mutual understanding with other cultures through art workshops with secondary government school students in Alexandria, Egypt, who participated in The English Access Micro-scholarship Program (AMIDEAST) 2011 in order to: 1) Prepare students for diverse workplaces and multicultural environments. 2) Promote better understanding of other cultures and societies through art. 3) Nurture creative insight through cultural appreciation and comparison. 4) Facilitate problem solving and knowledge of other cultures. 5) Enable students to contribute to their societies’ development
Keywords
Multiculturalism, Global Citizenship, Micro-scholarship, Art Education, Government school
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.075
Citation
Kassem, W.(2013) Multiculturalism as an Approach to Prepare Egyptian Government School Students for MicroScholarship Through Art Workshop, in Reitan, J.B., Lloyd, P., Bohemia, E., Nielsen, L.M., Digranes, I., & Lutnæs, E. (eds.), DRS // Cumulus: Design Learning for Tomorrow, 14-17 May, Oslo, Norway. https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.075
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Multiculturalism as an Approach to Prepare Egyptian Government School Students for MicroScholarship Through Art Workshop
Egypt today needs to build a modern democracy while respecting its own heritages and those of others. We should therefore invest in developing multicultural notions of peace that will help different people and nations to understand and respect each other. This would reduce conflict. Art enables students to express themselves and to convey information about their cultures. For this reason, this aspect of education may be considered to be one of the most important in promoting mutual understanding with other cultures, and achieving peace. The concepts of multiculturalism, cross-cultural empathy, awareness, responsibility, participation, personal achievement and mobility reveal to us multiple strains of thinking that now compete and coexist under the umbrella concept of global citizenship. This paper addresses the achievement of mutual understanding with other cultures through art workshops with secondary government school students in Alexandria, Egypt, who participated in The English Access Micro-scholarship Program (AMIDEAST) 2011 in order to: 1) Prepare students for diverse workplaces and multicultural environments. 2) Promote better understanding of other cultures and societies through art. 3) Nurture creative insight through cultural appreciation and comparison. 4) Facilitate problem solving and knowledge of other cultures. 5) Enable students to contribute to their societies’ development