Multiculturalism And Education In The 21st Century: Counselling Implications

Abstract

Knowledge and education learnt in a multicultural setting is the driving force behind global co-existence, collaboration and successful leadership. With this in mind, educators should continue to cultivate individuals and inculcate in them skills and abilities with which they can be prepared for the future. Through this, the knowledge they gain becomes a tool of power and expansion of peaceful co-existence, irrespective of ethnic or racial differences originating from the classroom to the global community. Multicultural education has the potentials to reduce instructional practices that are either discriminatory or insufficiently inclusive of diverse cultural perspectives. This paper examined multicultural education in the 21st century. It highlights some of its goals and objectives. It goes further to discuss the importance as well as the problems facing multicultural education.