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Britain has become a multicultural society. How can schools/teachers develop their pupils' awareness of the values of other cultures? It is a fact that children from cultures other than white British under perform in the classroom. Even children from minority groups who have been born and fully educated in Britain still under-achieve in schools compared with their white counterparts. (Hill, D, 1976) With this in mind, the following pages will outline ways in which teachers and schools can develop their classroom activities to include British ethnic children, and children from other cultural diversities, by teaching a curriculum that acknowledges the wide range of influences from all around the world. There are many theories and perspectives on the issue of multicultural education however, for the purpose of this essay we shall draw upon Hessari and Hill's (1989) view that multicultural education is, That which enables children to develop towards maturity with the ability to...

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