Multicultural Education category: 1336 books
The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan
Diversity and multiculturalism through English language education in a globalized era
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan examines the complex nature of Japan’s promotion of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). In globalized societies where people with different native languages communicate through English, multicultural and multilinguistic interactions are widely created....
Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children
Their Words, Their Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
While there are volumes that fall into the category of children’s literature, there appears to be relatively few that explore the needs of bilingual learners and the linguistic and sociocultural context of Latino children’s literature. This volume makes a needed contribution by addressing the...
Cultural Journeys
Multicultural Literature for Elementary and Middle School Students
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
As multicultural education is becoming integral to the core curriculum, teachers often implement this aspect into their courses through literature. However, standards and criteria to teach and promote active discussion about this literature are sparse. Cultural Journeys introduces pre-service and...
Kaleidoscope of Cultures
A Celebration of Multicultural Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
A rich collection of the best offerings from the 2006 and 2008 National Symposiums on Multicultural Music, Kaleidoscope of Cultures is full of resources, references, lesson plans, and ethnic music. In addition to lively speeches, engaging workshops (including making ethnic instruments), and reviews...
Designing Transformative Multicultural Initiatives
Theoretical Foundations, Practical Applications, and Facilitator Considerations
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Higher education is facing a perfect storm as it contends with changing demographics, shrinking budgets and concerns about access and cost, while underrepresented groups are voicing dissatisfaction with campus climate and demanding changes to structural inequities.This book argues that colleges and universities...
Global Citizenship Education and the Crises of Multiculturalism
Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
The notion of global citizenship education (GCE) has emerged in the international education discourse in the context of the United Nations Education First Initiative that cites developing global citizens as one of its goals. In this book, the authors argue that GCE offers a new educational perspective...
Con Respeto
Bridging the Distances Between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools: An Ethnographic Portrait
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Con Respeto presents a study of ten Mexican immigrant families, with a special focus on mothers, that describes how such families go about the business of surviving and learning to succeed in a new world. Guadalupe Valdés examines what appears to be a lack of interest in education by Mexican parents...
Global Migration, Diversity, and Civic Education
Improving Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Mass migration and globalization are creating new and deep challenges to education systems the world over. In this volume, some of the world’s leading researchers in multicultural education and immigration discuss critical issues related to cultural sustainability, structural inclusion, and social...
We Can't Teach What We Don't Know
White Teachers, Multiracial Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Making a case for the “fierce urgency of now,” this new edition deepens the discussion of race and social justice in education with new and updated material. Aligned with our nation’s ever more diverse student population, it speaks to what good teachers know, what they do, and how they...
Education Reform and Social Change
Multicultural Voices, Struggles, and Visions
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Education Reform and Social Change is about addressing and changing the structures, policies, and practices of schools that differentially advantage white, middle class, native English speakers over students of color for whom English may be a second or additional language. It is also about helping...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Lack of knowledge about immigrant and minority students’ learning outside school has contributed to the difficulties educators encounter when trying to embrace cultural diversity. Many educators do not have the knowledge base about immigrant and minority children’s culturallyspecific ways of learning...
Global Identity in Multicultural and International Educational Contexts
Student identity formation in international schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
The increased movement of people globally has changed the face of national and international schooling. Higher levels of mobility have resulted from both the willing movement of students and their families with a desire to create a better life, and the forced movement of refugee families travelling...
Multiculturalism
Inaugural Issue of the Journal of the Western Institute for Social Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
This is the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Western Institute for Social Research (WISR). This issue's theme is “multiculturalism.” Included are articles on such topics as: multicultural therapy, ethnographies of learning, Chinese learners working in groups, the role of language in multicultural...
Teaching and Learning on the Verge
Democratic Education in Action
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Based on 20 years of teaching experience and research in schools across the country, Teaching and Learning on the Verge demonstrates how educators in all disciplines can integrate civic engagement, multicultural literacy, and leadership into their classrooms and programs. Featuring voices from...