Compare the two cases. What are the similarities and differences? Looking through the learning or situational theory lens, what potentially influenced the behavior? Case #1: Ail

Multicultural Program Application
Pretend that you teach middle school students in a multicultural community. Many students hold stereotypes about students from other cultures and ethnic groups that cause racial tension. Use Piaget’s problem solving theory to explain why the ethnic groups hold stereotypes about other students from other ethnic groups.
Next create a multicultural program to eliminate racism and stereotypes based on Piaget’s Problem solving theory that inspires and motivates students to update their belief system about other cultures.
Rules of Operation:
What did their parents say about other cultures that may have shaped the way their children feel and think about people from other races? What labels, descriptions, categories, names did people in their community use to relay racist’s beliefs to children?
Schemes / Schemata:
What media displays and experiences did the children experience that validated the stereotypes?
Equilibrium:
Whenever the racist stereotypes were experienced, the students were in a state of equilibrium.
Disequilibrium:
Whenever the racist stereotypes did not correlate with reality the students felt confused.
Adaptation Methods
Accommodate: Student will change their belief system.
Assimilate: Student’s will dismiss new information that does not confirm their current belief system.