Multicultural Education category: 1336 books
In the Sun's House
My Year Teaching on the Navajo Reservation
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
In the year he spent teaching at Borrego Pass, a remote Navajo community in northwest New Mexico, Kurt Caswell found himself shunned as persona non grata. His cultural missteps, status as an interloper, and white skin earned him no respect in the classroom or the community-those on the reservation assumed...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
It has become increasingly critical for both novice and experienced educators to bring to their diverse classrooms a set of dispositions, skills, and experiences that will enhance learning for all students, especially pupils from diverse cultural and language backgrounds. Intercultural teaching experiences...
I Am a Pencil
A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
A teacher discovers how reading, writing, and imagining can help children grow, change, and even sometimes survive
A few years back, children's-book writer Sam Swope gave a workshop to a third-grade class in Queens. So enchanted was he with his twenty-eight students that he "adopted"...
by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Because the attrition rate for new teachers in high-poverty schools averages between 40% and 50% over the first five years of teaching, this investigation offers practical solutions to more than 100 of the daily challenges they face. With an emphasis on pragmatic approaches that can be accomplished...
Where Fire Speaks
A Visit With the Himba
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
On the wild river that divides Namibia from Angola, members of the Himba tribe herd cattle as they have done for hundreds of years.But the world of the Himba sits in the shadow of third-world development and the inevitability of change that threatens their way of life; now, they are more likely to attend...
On Islam
Muslims and the Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In the constant deluge of media coverage on Islam, Muslims are often portrayed as terrorists, refugees, radicals, or victims, depictions that erode human responses of concern, connection, or even a willingness to learn about Muslims. On Islam helps break this cycle with information and strategies...
Arrows of Light
Devotions for Worldwide Christians
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
As a youth, author David Schneider had little interest in seeing the Christian Gospel at work in other countries of the world. Then the Lord took him by the scruff of the neck and moved him and his wife, Darlene, into the Philippines, Mexico, South Africa and, after retirement, into Kazakhstan and...
Italian Made Simple - Learn Italian Vocabulary the Picture and Word way
1.000 Words, Imagens and Bilingual Texts to Learn Italian Fast
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2018
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It's a great tool for Italian language learning because it includes:
** 1.000 Words Italian...
Chinese-Heritage Students in North American Schools
Understanding Hearts and Minds Beyond Test Scores
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
This comprehensive look at Chinese-heritage students’ academic, sociocultural, and emotional development in the public schools examines pertinent educational theories; complex (even inconvenient) realities; learning practices in and outside of schools; and social, cultural, and linguistic complications...
Understanding White Privilege
Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Knowingly and unknowingly we all grapple with race every day. Understanding White Privilege delves into the complex interplay between race, power, and privilege in both organizations and private life. It offers an unflinching look at how ignorance can perpetuate privilege, and offers practical and...
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools
Closing the Achievement Gap in America's Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
While race and culture remain important variables in how young people experience schools, they are often misunderstood by educators and school personnel. Building on three studies that investigated schools successful in closing the achievement gap, Tyrone Howard shows how adopting greater awareness...
Other Kinds of Families
Embracing Diversity in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This important book reconsiders the ways in which families are currently represented and addressed in school curriculum and culture. It addresses such issues as the educational needs of gay and lesbian families, the representation of adoption in children’s literature, and the experiences of homeless...
Supporting Differentiated Instruction
A Professional Learning Communities Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Examine how PLCs provide the decision-making platform for the rigorous work of differentiated classroom instruction. A practical guide to implementing differentiation in the classroom, this book offers a road map to effective teaching that responds to diverse learning needs. Takeaway objectives at...
Identity and Schooling among the Naxi
Becoming Chinese with Naxi Identity
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Identity and Schooling among the Naxi examines the identity construction of Naxi students in Lijiang No.1 Senior Secondary School in China, focusing on the changing roles of school, community, and family in the identity construction of the students. Through participant observation, interviews, and...