Multicultural Education articles from March 2005

Multicultural Education archives from March 2005

Whose world is this?
March 22, 2005... Whose world is this? The world is yours, the world is yours It's mine, it's mine, it's mine Whose world is this? Nas (1994) Introduction As defined by critical theorists, critical multicultural education requires the...

Queer life and school culture: troubling genders.
March 22, 2005... Gender is a slippery notion. We are all engendered creatures. But in what ways are we engendered? The ways in which we imagine what gender is shapes how we see ourselves in relation to others. Yet it is not clear what the category gender is,...

We are one, we are many: portraits of Australian bilingual schools.
March 22, 2005... We are one, but we are many, And from all the lands on Earth we come -- from Woodley & Newton, I am/We are Australian Lalor North Primary School lies tucked away in a quiet suburb north of Melbourne, Australia. Cars...

Teaching practices for ESL students.(Research)
March 22, 2005... Introduction The education of immigrant students, in the United States, up until the early 1970s, was one of "sink or swim" policy with students having to assimilate as quickly as possible with no language support or transitional period in...

American presidents and their attitudes, beliefs, and actions surrounding education and multiculturalism: a series of research studies in educational policy.(Research)
March 22, 2005... Sixth Installment: Examining Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and William Jefferson Clinton Introduction In our nation's history all of the presidents have been white males. As West states (1993) in his seminal book, Race...

Picking battles, finding joy: creating community in the "uncontrolled" classroom.(Personal Perspective)
March 22, 2005... We've all had our Andres. The child we both love and fear. The child who represents why you went into teaching, and why you'd considering leaving. Andre is the "problem child," the student every teacher secretly hopes will be put in the other...

A vicarious learning activity for University sophomores in a multiculturalism course.(Promising Practices)
March 22, 2005... How can one teach a course about multiculturalism to a broad spectrum of university sophomores in a way that is research-based, pedagogically sound, and appealing--all in ten weeks? That is the situation I faced during the first quarter of my...

Diversity initiatives in higher education: Intergroup Dialogue as Pedagogy Across the Curriculum.(Higher Education)
March 22, 2005... Preface The Intergroup Dialogue as Pedagogy Across the Curriculum (INTERACT) Pilot Project was a two-year (2002-2004) exploratory grant funded by the Ford Foundation. A school/college/university partnership initiative, the project, was...

The Man Who Set the Town Dancing/El Hombre que hizo el pueblo bailar.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Man Who Set the Town Dancing/El Hombre que hizo el pueblo bailar by Candice Stanford Illustrations by Flo Hosa Dougherty. Santa Fe, NM: Clear Light Publishers 2002, 40 pp, ISBN: 1-57416-050-8, $16.95 A real story,...

When Animals Were People/Cuando los animales eran personas, A Huichol Indian Tale/Un cuento huichol.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... When Animals Were People/Cuando los animales eran personas, A Huichol Indian Tale/Un cuento huichol Retold by Bonnie LarsonBased on a story told & illustrated by Modesto Rivera Lemus. Santa Fe, NM: Clear Light Publishers 2002,...