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culturally anchored liberal education  

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  • As a feature of the general education curriculum within undergraduate study in the United States, a culturally anchored liberal education portrays humanity as rooted in diversity, and diversity as expressing humanity. Consistent with Gloria Ladson-Billings's culturally relevant pedagogy and the values of general education, the general education curriculum aims to support development of deeply and broadly knowledgeable, culturally competent, and sociopolitically conscious individuals. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Culturally Anchored Liberal Education]

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