Multicultural And Anti-Bias Case Study

Introduction
There are four approaches to education: assimilation, multicultural, intercultural, and anti-bias. This assignment will attempt to critically compare the two of four, the multicultural and anti-bias approaches. Then, it will look at how the research on diversity issues and children’s funds of knowledge influence how we address diversity in Early Years settings.
To begin we need to understand the diversity and equality concepts first. Diversity is a diverse group of people, it is about us all, not just about the others. We all have different family formation, opinions, looks, thoughts, language, interests, etc. There are individual differences and there are group differences with what we identify with. So, diversity is about accepting and respecting these differences.
Equality is closely linked to recognising, accepting and respecting diversity (Murray & Urban 2012, p.21-22). In fact, there would be no need for equality if there was no diversity. Equality means equal opportunities to:
• Access
• Participation
• Outcome.
Multicultural approach
Multicultural approach focuses on minority. Is very tokenistic and focuses only on cultural diversity (festivals, dishes, dance) (Creaser & Dau 1995, p.11., and Murray & Urban 2012, p.

Of course, implementing an anti-bias approach is not going to happen over a short phase it is a lifestyle, a continuous work and often times there will be training required how to do that correctly without insulting ones culture, to assure no one is silenced and everybody gets to practice their right to participation, feels proud of who they are, respect others, achieve their full potential (Derman-Sparks & Olsen Edwards 2010,