Multicultural Education category: 1336 books
Latino Education
An Agenda for Community Action Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
This landmark volume represents the work of the National Latino/a Education Research Agenda Project (NLERAP)-an initiative focused on school reform and educational research with and for Latino communities. NLERAP's goal is to bring together various constituencies within the broad Latino community...
by Robert Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
How can the study of religions and non-religious world views contribute to intercultural education in schools in Europe? An important recommendation from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)12 on the dimension of religions and non-religious convictions within...
by Dr Colin Brock
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Education in the United Kingdom is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, The Isle of Man, The Channel Islands, Gibraltar, The Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Anguilla and The British Overseas Territories. Although generically similar in education...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
As editors of Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (2010) and Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (2011), we have explored innovative...
African American Males and Education
Researching the Convergence of Race and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
African American Males in Education: Researching the Convergence of Race and Identity addresses a number of research gaps. This book emerges at a time when new social dynamics of race and other identities are shaping, but also shaped by, education. Educational settings consistently perpetuate racial...
The United Nations and Education
Multilateralism, Development and Globalisation
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2004
The UN is often questioned about its ongoing relevance and overall effectiveness in the 21st century, particularly in its involvement with educational policy and co-operation around the globe. This ground-breaking book examines the four key agencies within the UN system that share the vital role of...
Critical Feminism and Critical Education
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teacher Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Challenging the current state of public education and teacher preparation, this book argues for a re-imagination of teacher education through a critical feminist and critical education perspective. Offering a rich discussion of the promise and pedagogy of self-reflexivity and testimonio, which emerges...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Research into teacher education is dominated by Anglophone literature, with the inevitable result that teacher education in non-English speaking regions of the world largely remains unexamined. This book fills the gap in the existing literature and comprises twelve invited contributions from an international...
by Dr Colin Brock
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Education in Mexico, Central America and the Latin Caribbean examines the development and practice of education in México, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panamá. The chapters, written by local experts, provide an overview of the structure,...
New Directions in Islamic Education
Pedagogy and Identity Formation
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
"This ground-breaking book is one of the most significant contributions made in recent years to Islamic education."-John M. Hull, University of Birmingham, United KingdomNew Directions in Islamic Education is a radical rethinking of Islamic education in the modern world. It explores the relationship...
Global Voices and Global Visions
Education for Excellence, Understanding, Peace and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
We are in a state of tremendous global unrest with wars, acts of terrorism, genocide, epidemics and untold natural disasters. In some cases students are at risk as a result of safety concerns within their schools, from extremist views that discriminate against obtaining education, from societal issues...
by Dr Colin Brock
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Education in West Africa is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. Written by regional experts, the book explores the education systems of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania,...
Regarding Educacion
Mexican-American Schooling, Immigration, and Bi-national Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The “Latino Education Crisis” not only threatens to dash the middle class aspirations of the nation’s largest immigrant group, it is also an ominous sign for democratic engagement and global competitiveness for U.S. society as a whole. This timely book argues that this crisis is...
by Dr Colin Brock
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Education in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Islands is a critical reference guide to development of education in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Comoros Islands, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zanzibar. The chapters provide an overview of the education system in each country, focusing...