Develop culturally responsive curriculum to avoid alienating culturally and linguistically diverse students. Limit the use of mainstream curriculum by adding study units that address cultures presented in the multicultural classroom. Direct students to examine content using multiple viewpoints during classroom discussions.
Develop curriculum that is appropriate for instructing students with different learning styles. Incorporate instructional strategies that address the needs of auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners. This approach requires teachers to disseminate knowledge through interesting lectures, stimulating visuals and an activity for each lesson, ultimately involving multiple senses in the learning process.
Develop content and materials that are culturally appropriate for multicultural students. Multicultural curriculum should be complete with content that provides multiple perspectives and relates to the experiences found in a multicultural classroom. Curriculum should also draw upon examples from other cultures, mentioning cultural heroes and cultural holidays.
Develop curriculum that encourages citizenship and duty which supports a cooperative learning environment. This encourages students to share with each other and work together, promoting a shared learning experience where students learn from each other and support one another despite cultural differences.
Check curriculum for bias and negativity regularly. Teach students about bias. Bias can be found in mainstream curriculum where often only one side of a story is told or examples only represent one culture. Being aware of bias develops critical thinking skills in students and supports a multi-culturally appropriate environment.
Create forms of assessment that are not culturally biased and easy to understand. It is important that instructional objectives are written clearly and that learning is accurately assessed based on these objectives. Objectives should be written to specify exactly what should be learned and at what level. Assessments should be written objectively and tested before implemented in the classroom. All students should be encouraged to ask for clarification if needed, the cause for confusion should be identified and steps should be taken to eliminate similar problems in the future.