Multicultural Education category: 1336 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
As classrooms are becoming more diverse, teachers are now faced with the responsibility of creating an inclusive classroom community. As such, researching classroom pedagogies and practices is an imperative step in curriculum planning. The Handbook of Research on Classroom Diversity and Inclusive...
Cultivating the Genius of Black Children
Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap in the Early Years
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
There has been much attention given to the achievement gap between white and minority students, especially African American children. Through research and years of experience, the author breaks down the cultural influences on children's learning styles and provides a practical approach to helping...
The Resegregation of Schools
Education and Race in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Access to a quality education remains the primary mechanism for improving one’s life chances in the United States, and for children of color, a “good education” is particularly linked to their individual and collective well-being. Despite the popular perception that America is in a “post-racial”...
Critical Race, Feminism, and Education
A Social Justice Model
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Critical Race, Feminism, and Education: A Social Justice Model provides a transformative next step in the evolution of critical race and Black feminist scholarship. Focusing on praxis, the relationship between the construction of race, class, and gender categories and social justice outcomes is analyzed....
Asia's High Performing Education Systems
The Case of Hong Kong
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Education officials, specialist leaders and teachers have all been involved in different ways to bring about school reform in Hong Kong. This book is a very current and relevant analysis of this reform, highlighting the way in which agencies have cooperated in bringing about change over the last several...
The Athens of West Africa
A History of International Education at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001).
Fundamental British Values in Education
Radicalisation, National Identity and Britishness
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The notion of Britishness and national identity have rarely been examined with such intensity in education and society as they are today. Although the requirement to promote a sense of nationhood in schools is not a new one, the politicised nature of the values associated with Britishness and the...
Curriculum and Pedagogy in Inclusive Education
Values into practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
While activists, politicians and policy-makers grapple with the big picture, teachers and learners are making inclusion happen in their day-to-day lives. This unique text shows the importance and reality of curriculum and pedagogy in developing inclusive practice in a range of settings.
Bringing together...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
The Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education provides a groundbreaking compilation of research from an interdisciplinary group of distinguished experts in early childhood education (ECE), child development, cultural and cross-cultural research in the psychological sciences,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Higher education programs are continuously expanding globally and now, students who are enrolled in online courses can reside anywhere in the world. Due to this phenomenon, institutions are forced to adapt to serve their remote students. Cultivating Diverse Online Classrooms Through Effective Instructional...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Globalization, migration, transnational movements and the development of the tiger economies of Asia have led education leaders and policy makers around the world but particularly in Australia, the USA, Canada, and New Zealand to view schools as key sites for developing ‘globally competent’, ‘Asia...
by Dr Colin Brock
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Education in Indigenous, Nomadic and Travelling Communities provides a thorough examination of up-to-date case studies of educational provision to travelling communities and indigenous people in their homelands or in host countries. Education is usually under-utilised during phases of transition....
Handbook of Latinos and Education
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Providing a comprehensive review of rigorous, innovative, and critical scholarship relevant to educational issues which impact Latinos, this Handbook captures the field at this point in time. Its unique purpose and function is to profile the scope and terrain of academic inquiry on Latinos and education....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
The comprehensive, phased approach presents four sets of considerations in course redevelopment: design, interaction, media, and evaluation. Each consideration is presented in a separate chapter, which explores the extant literature and applies the latest research and understandings to design decisions....