PrepTest 116 - Section 4 - Passage 2 - Question 10

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Many educators in Canada and the United States advocate multicultural education as a means of achieving multicultural understanding. ███

Intro topic · Multicultural education

First proposal · Teach about other cultures from within context of majority culture

Schools and colleges should teach students through the lens of majority culture values (liberalism).

Critics of first proposal · Genuine understanding of other cultures impossible using lens of majority culture

Not all cultures share liberal values.

Second proposal · Multicultural education should be neutral about different cultures' values

Shaped by Western culture · Second proposal still uses Western methods

The second proposal still uses tools of anthropology, political science, and other Western disciplines.

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Critics of second proposal · Second proposal is just like first

Can't understand other cultures using scientific method, because science is rooted in Western values that are not necessarily shared by other cultures.

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Critique or debate

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Describe organization

Structure

Think about your low-res summary of each paragraph. We start with one proposal, then get the view of critics of that proposal. Then we get another proposal which is supposed to address some of that criticism. We end with critics of the second proposal.

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The passage never contrasts the benefits of achieving multicultural understanding with the costs of obtaining multicultural understanding.

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The author doesn’t “argue” anything — she merely presents the views of critics of two proposals.

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This best captures the overall organization of the passage. We get two proposals for achieving multicultural understanding, and critics’ views of each proposal.

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The author doesn’t “defend” anything — the author’s neutral. She merely presents the views of critics of two proposals.

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The author doesn’t “defend” the goal of achieving multicultural understanding — the author’s neutral. She merely presents the views of critics of two proposals.

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