Abstract
Abstract The purpose of this research was to investigate home economics teachers’ instructional activities of multicultural education in Canada. With findings from the investigation of the first purpose, the other purpose was to extract tips for practicing multicultural education in junior high school home economics. The research participants were six Canadian secondary school home economics teachers in the province of British Columbia. The observation and semi-structured interviews were conducted, and the following implications were compiled, based on the findings, for tips for practicing multicultural education in home economics. Tips for home economics food class: i. Focusing on locally grown foods or each student’s family food as fundamental foods. ii. Comparing commonly existing foods in the world and explore the similarities and differences, and discuss what make the differences. iii. Inviting new comer students to speak in class and share their knowledge and experience. iv. Setting opportunities to share an appreciation of cultural diversity. v. Cultivating open mindedness toward diversity for the future. Tips for new comer students: i. Making the class environment accessible and inclusive for new comer students from different cultures. ii. Pairing newcomer students with helpful students. iii. Preparing learning materials with assisted visuals or/and translation. iv. Implementing various activities to engage those students in class. v. Collaborating with language assisting teachers.
