Cultural Conflict Curriculum and the Exceptional Child

Abstract

The American educational system must be changed to reflect the growing recognition of the value of the many cultural groups in our society. The special education classroom teacher and the culturally different child both have important contributions to make in molding this new educational system. There is a special need for teachers to realize that there will be cultural conflicts between themselves and some of their students, to try to understand different cultures, and to use these differences to enrich the education of all their students.