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Multiculturalism is one of the most widely discussed concepts in education today. Now, educators, university students, scholars, or anyone interested in multiculturalism can turn to the Dictionary of Multicultural Education to gain further information on and understanding of this important field. As the authoritative reference work on the subject, the Dictionary includes in-depth explanations of the history, use, and implications of more than 150...

"As the end of the century draws closer, one of the most pressing challenges facing educators in the United States is the specter of an "ethnic and cultural war"--A code phrase that engenders our society's licentiousness toward racism. In Dancing with Bigotry, Macedo and Bartolome use examples from the mass media, popular culture, and politics to illustrate the larger situations facing educators and how this type of argument is both ignored in much...

Presents a comprehensive teacher's manual designed to accelerate reading literacy in the Kindergarten through sixth-grade classroom.

Provides views on multiple sides of curriculum and instruction issues in America's schools and offers more in-depth resources for further exploration. Explores such varied issues as ability grouping, affirmative action, bilingual education, gender bias, illegal aliens in the classroom, and mainstreaming and inclusion.

This look at the relationship between service learning and issues of diversity is a virtual blueprint for helping teachers to work better within their diverse classes and to bring increased understanding to diversity issues of all classrooms. This volume shows how the author collaborated with community partners and preservice teachers to jointly construct the service learning supplement to a multicultural education course--from the bottom up.

Korn and Bursztyn and their contributors examine the cultural transitions that children make as they move between home and school. Case studies present instances of how diversity engages us in renegotiating the personal and social. In illuminating the complicated nature of cultural transitions, they highlight how multiculturalism can play a transformative role in the lives of children and schools.

How do teachers communicate the writing process to their students? "Multicultural Connections" walks through the creation of a fiction work, explaining literary elements, illuminating the writing process itself, and providing activities for strengthening students' writing. From creating setting, plot, tone, and character to how the whole work comes together, this book gives teachers practical ways to integrate multicultural literature into their classroom....

Recognizing the responsibility institutions have to prepare teachers for today's diverse classrooms, Vavrus shows us how to incorporate transformative multicultural education into teacher education curriculum, pedagogy, and evaluation. Placing race, racism, antiracism, and democracy at the center of his analyses and recommendations, this volume provides.