Multicultural Education category: 1336 books
Managing controversy
Developing a strategy for handling controversy and teaching controversial issues in schools
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
A tool for school leaders and senior managers for handling controversy and teaching controversial issues in schools. Controversy and controversial issues are at the centre of our democratic societies. This means that learning how to deal with such issues must also be at the heart of an effective education...
Getting Ready for Benjamin
Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2002
This book argues that issues of sexual diversity are inextricably interwoven into the basic concerns of pre-service teacher education. How do we make our students aware of assumptions regarding masculinity, femininity, and sexuality that arise from what is presented, represented, or omitted from curricula...
Running The Long Race In Gifted Education:
Narratives and Interviews from Culturally Diverse Gifted Adults
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
The editors have assembled authors representing a range of racial, ethnic, regional and cultural backgrounds. Their narratives reveal a wealth of successes, challenges inspirations. Speaking in their unique voices, these culturally diverse and gifted adults describe how they: - interpret growing up...
Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education
Rethinking Multilingualism and Interculturality
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
With the impact of accelerated globalization, digital technologies, mobility, and migration, the fields of Applied Linguistics, Language, and Intercultural Education have been shifting. One shift in need of further exploration is that of systematic and coherent reflexivity in researching language...
Readings for Bridging Cultures
Teacher Education Module
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Readings for Bridging Cultures: Teacher Education Module is highly recommended for use by teacher-educators and professional development specialists who use Bridging Cultures: Teacher Education Module. It is also useful for teachers and students interested in understanding the role of culture in education....
Social Justice, Peace, and Environmental Education
Transformative Standards
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
The concept of "standards" seems antithetical to the ways critical educators are dedicated to teaching, but what would "standards" look like if they were generated from social justice perspectives and through collaborative and inclusive processes? Such is the central question posed...
African American Students’ Career and College Readiness
The Journey Unraveled
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
African American Students’ Career and College Readiness: The Journey Unraveled explores the historical, legal, and socio-political issues of education affecting African American students and their career and college readiness. Each chapter has been written based on the authors’ experience and...
Educating Elites
Class Privilege and Educational Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
The gaze of educational researchers has traditionally been turned 'down' toward the experiences of communities deemed at-risk, presumably with the purpose of improving their plight. Indeed, theorizing about the relationship between education, culture, and society has typically emerged from the study...
by Courtney Anne Brewer, Michael McCabe
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Recent immigrants and refugees — both children and their families — often struggle to adapt to Canadian education systems. For their part, educators also face challenges when developing effective strategies to help these students make smooth transitions to their new country.
Immigrant and...
Connecting Policy and Practice
Challenges for Teaching and Learning in Schools and Universities
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2005
Written by members of the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching, the papers in this volume were presented at an international teaching conference on the issues of theory and practice. Using these contributions from experienced researchers, most of whom are practising teachers, this...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
This book focuses on the problem of religious diversity, civil dialogue, and religion education in public schools, exploring the ways in which atheists, secularists, fundamentalists, and mainstream religionists come together in the public sphere, examining how civil discourse about religion fit swithin...
by Hugh B. Price
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
"Inspiring stories, practical tips and expert advice." —Ebony
"Inspiring stories and practical tips urge parents and caregivers to unlock their children's potential." —Library Journal
"A much-needed resource that will enable parents to become partners in...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
How and what to teach about religion is controversial in every country. The Routledge International Handbook of Religious Education is the first book to comprehensively address the range of ways that major countries around the world teach religion in public and private educational institutions.
It...
Supporting Internationalisation through Languages and Culture in the Twenty-First-Century University
Supporting Internationalisation through Languages and Culture in the Twenty-First-Century University
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
‘Internationalisation’ is a key issue impacting on higher education today, but what is actually meant by this term and how does it relate to the notion of ‘global citizenship’, which also features prominently on the higher education agenda? How does the promotion of foreign language learning...