Multicultural Education category: 1336 books
U.S. Latinos and Education Policy
Research-Based Directions for Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
With the American dream progressively elusive for and exclusive of Latinos, there is an urgent need for empirically and conceptually based macro-level policy solutions for Latino education. Going beyond just exposing educational inequalities, this volume provides intelligent and pragmatic research-based...
The 'Other' Students
Filipino Americans, Education, and Power
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Though the Filipino American population has increased numerically in many areas of the United States, especially since the influx of professional immigrants in the wake of the 1965 Immigration Act, their impact on schools and related educational institutions has rarely been documented and examined. The...
Education, Leadership and Islam
Theories, discourses and practices from an Islamic perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Educational institutions are undergoing complex and sensitive changes in the context of immigration, international mobility, globalisation, and shifting economic scenarios, making highly challenging demands on educational leaders. Leadership is increasingly being perceived and theorised as pivotal...
Lifespan Transitions and Disability
A holistic perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
This book brings a refreshing perspective to preparing students with disabilities and their families for all aspects of independent life. Many of the transitions experienced by younger children set the stage for future changes, yet do not receive the attention they deserve in the literature. This...
Minority Students in East Asia
Government Policies, School Practices and Teacher Responses
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
In Minority Students in East Asia: Government Policies, School Practices and Teacher Responses authors discuss their research on minority students’ schooling (elementary to higher education) in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Minority students’ educational issues are...
Bilingual and ESL Classrooms
Teaching in Multicultural Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Now in its 6th Edition, this classic text integrates theory and practice to provide comprehensive coverage of bilingual and ESL education. The text covers the foundations of bilingual and ESL education and provides a strong focus on what the teacher needs to know in a bilingual classroom. Woven throughout...
Faces of Discrimination in Higher Education in India
Quota policy, social justice and the Dalits
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
This book illuminates the experiences of a set of students and faculty who are members of the Dalit caste – commonly known as the ‘untouchables’ – and are relatively ‘successful’ in that they attend or are academics at a prestigious university. The book provides a background to the study,...
Ethnicity, Race, and Nationality in Education
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
This volume explores contemporary issues of ethnic, cultural, and national identities and their influence on the social construction of identity. These issues are analyzed from the perspective of seven nations: China, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Ukraine, Wales, and the United States. While different,...
by Peter Figueroa
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Does the education system help or hinder the fight against racism? This volume provides a constructive critique of the Swan Report of 1985 and of sociological research into racial and ethnic relations. The author undertakes a searching philosophical and sociological analysis of multicultural and antiracist...
How Dare We! Write
A Multicultural Creative Writing Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
How Dare We! Write: a multicultural creative writing discourse offers a much needed corrective to the usual dry and uninspired creative writing pedagogy. The collection asks us to consider questions, such as "What does it mean to work through resistance from supposed mentors, to face rejection...
Lessons from the Heartland
A Turbulent Half-Century of Public Education in an Iconic American City
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
“Miner’s story of Milwaukee is filled with memorable characters . . . explores with consummate skill the dynamics of race, politics, and schools in our time.” —Mike Rose, author of The Mind at Work
Weaving together the racially fraught history of public education in Milwaukee and the...
by Louise Derman-Sparks, Patricia G. Ramsey
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this updated edition, two distinguished early childhood educators tackle the crucial topic of what White children need and gain from anti-bias and multicultural education. The authors propose seven learning themes to help young White children resist messages of racism and build identity and skills...
by H. Roy Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Learning about the history of cultural conflict helps teachers reduce it in classrooms. This book shows our common origins and reviews sources of conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East. It reveals how prejudice and stereotypes about racial and religious minorities...
by Arora
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
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