Multicultural Education category: 1336 books
Activist Educators
Breaking Past Limits
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Taking an active stand in today's conservative educational climate can be a risky business. Given both the expectations of the profession and the challenge of participation in social justice activism, how do educator activists manage the often competing demands of professional and activist commitments?...
Bilingual By Choice
Raising Kids in Two (or more!) Languages
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Includes 100 creative activities and strategies for the home and community!
More and more people-hundreds of millions around the world-are living in bilingual homes. In the U.S. alone, more than 54 million people over the age of 5 speak a language other than English at home. Yet once children...
by Lotus Linton Howard
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Weave culturally responsive teaching into every lesson and activity
With an array of practical tips, model lessons, and resources, this book will inspire you to weave a holistic tapestry of teaching and learning that lets every child shine. You’ll learn:
How to use culturally responsive...
Interpreting National History
Race, Identity, and Pedagogy in Classrooms and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
How do students’ racial identities work with and against teachers’ pedagogies to shape their understandings of history and contemporary society? Based on a long-term ethnographic study, Interpreting National History examines the startling differences in black and white students' interpretations...
Generating Transworld Pedagogy
Reimagining La Clase Mágica
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Generating Transworld Pedagogy: Reimagining La Clase Mágica lays the foundation for addressing one of the greatest challenges in the 21st century: meeting the educational needs of a diverse society living in a complex, technology-driven world. It extends bilingual and bicultural transformative critical...
Against Common Sense
Teaching and Learning Toward Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
The phrase "teaching for social justice" is often used, but not always explained. What does it look like to teach for social justice? What are the implications for anti-oppressive teaching across different areas of the curriculum? Drawing on his own experiences teaching diverse grades and...
Passing the English as a Second Language (ESL) Supplemental TExES Exam
Keys to Certification and Language Proficient Learners
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
Master the TExES with down-to-earth test prep strategies
ESL certification is attainable if one understands the domains and competencies represented in the test and masters test prep skills. Dr. Elaine Wilmore, known for her popular TExES preparation seminars, synthesizes her knowledge and...
by Catherine C. Collier
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Ensure appropriate placement and services for your school’s diverse students!
This timely book shows how to adapt the widely used Response to Intervention (RTI) model to distinguish between learning differences and disabilities in culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. Readers...
Culturally Responsive Standards-Based Teaching
Classroom to Community and Back
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Close the achievement gap by closing the culture gap
Teaching children from diverse backgrounds begins with learning who they are, then using the knowledge and culture students bring to school in a standards-based curriculum to achieve student success. This guide provides tools that show why...
Culturally Proficient Learning Communities
Confronting Inequities Through Collaborative Curiosity
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Close the achievement gap with equity-focused professional learning communities!
Integrating the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency with the PLC framework, this relevant guide offers school leaders, district administrators, and staff developers a collaborative approach to address bias and inequity....
Braiding Histories
Learning from Aboriginal Peoples’ Experiences and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
This book proposes a new pedagogy for addressing Aboriginal subject material, shifting the focus from an essentializing or “othering” exploration of the attributes of Aboriginal peoples to a focus on historical experiences that inform our understanding of contemporary relationships between Aboriginal...
The Biracial and Multiracial Student Experience
A Journey to Racial Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009
What does it mean to be “in between”?
As more biracial and multiracial students enter the classroom, educators have begun to critically examine the concept of race. Through compelling narratives, best-selling author Bonnie M. Davis gives voice to a frequently mislabeled and misunderstood...
by Maria Krysan, Howard Winant, John Powell
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
The book is divided into two major sections: (1) “Reclaiming Integration”; (2) “Reclaiming the Language of Race.” Both sections are located in the context of the “post-racial” era and analyzed by nationally renowned scholars in various dimensions. The purpose of this organization is to...
Creating a College Culture for Latino Students
Successful Programs, Practices, and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Help your Latino students become college-bound!
This groundbreaking book shows how educators can help Latino students overcome the barriers that prevent them from attending college. Delgado Gaitan, an award-winning professor, scholar, and first-generation Latina college graduate, shares winning...