Multicultural Education articles from March 2006

Multicultural Education archives from March 2006

Remembering Rosa Parks 1913-2005.(Brief article)
March 22, 2006... We would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the memory of Rosa Parks, the pioneer whose courageous actions in 1955 ignited the Civil Rights Movement of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Parks died on October 24, 2005, at age 92,...

Unconstitutional deportation of Mexican Americans during the 1930s: a family history & oral history.
March 22, 2006... I feel that that this country should have done something for its citizens instead of getting rid of them the way they did. The American government said, 'Let's get rid of the Mexicans since they're the closest to their native lands.'...

The role of social foundations in preparing teachers for culturally relevant practice.
March 22, 2006... The 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress fourth grade reading results indicate that while 75% of white children across the nation read at or above a basic level--partial mastery of knowledge and skills required for grade level...

Tolerance in teacher education: restructuring the curriculum in a diverse but segregated university classroom.
March 22, 2006... Introduction Many of us teach undergraduate and graduate teacher education courses that include a cultural hodgepodge of future teachers who differ not only in ethnicity, but in age, sexual preference, religion, language, and a host of...

"I want to read": how culturally relevant texts increase student engagement in reading.
March 22, 2006... "I want to read," were the decisive words my student exclaimed instead of his usual greeting as he bounded into class one day. His demand was especially gratifying because it expressed the interest in reading that I had been hoping to hear. My...

Case-based methodology as an instructional strategy for understanding diversity: preservice teachers' perceptions.(multicultural education)
March 22, 2006... It is well-documented that preservice teachers have difficulty transferring their formal knowledge from teacher education courses to complex teaching practices (Black & Halliwell, 2000). Noting that teachers' knowledge is holistic, with much...

ESL programs and LEP students: a comparison of public and private schools along the Wasatch Front.(Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, English as a Second Language, Limited English Proficient)
March 22, 2006... Introduction For nearly forty years under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), public schools have been required to implement English as a Second Language (ESL) programs in any school where Limited English Proficient (LEP)...

Diversity through a Child's Eyes.(Personal Perspective)
March 22, 2006... Introduction The arrival of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education reminds us of a time when classrooms were exclusionary. Although, we are not where we would like to be in terms of equity and social justice for all, it is...

New pedagogical approaches for teaching elementary science to limited English proficient students.
March 22, 2006... Recently, I happened to attend a public hearing on academic issues related to English language learners (ELL). The essential question posed by education policy makers and elected officials was "How are English language learners (ELLs) doing in...

Making instructional adaptations for English learners in the mainstream classroom: is it good enough?(Promising Practices)
March 22, 2006... It has been well documented that English language (EL) learners across our nation's schools are underperforming and their teachers are not adequately prepared to meet their multifaceted learning needs (Gandara, 2005; Miller & Endo, 2004;...

Demonstrating poverty in a multicultural education course: buying school supplies with limited funds.(Promising Practices)
March 22, 2006... Discussion of the impact of poverty on school age children and youth occurs frequently in courses on multicultural education because it crosses ethnic and geographic boundaries. This article highlights the experiences of students in a teacher...

Diversity initiatives in higher education: teaching multicultural education online.(Higher Education)
March 22, 2006... Opening In the fall of 1995, I--the second author of this article--began teaching multi-cultural education at New Mexico State University (NMSU) as an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. At that time, I had...

Beyond propaganda: resources from Arab film distribution.
March 22, 2006... A little understood truism about equity and identity is that people tend to acknowledge the diversity within their own identity groups while thinking about groups outside their identity as homogeneous. That explains, though does not justify,...

Ideological management as educational philosophy: reflection on Joel Spring's analysis of the American School.
March 22, 2006... It is no secret that Joel Spring is highly critical of the ideological lens through which modern education has developed. Spring (2005), in his sixth edition of The American School: 1642-2004, coins this lens as ideological management, defined...

Beyond Tourism: A Practical Guide to Meaningful Educational Travel.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Beyond Tourism: A Practical Guide to Meaningful Educational Travel Kenneth Cushner Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education, 2004 165 pp., ISBN 1-57886-154-3 Public schools in the United States today are faced with the dilemma of how to prepare...

Folk and Fairy Tales: A Handbook.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Folk and Fairy Tales: A Handbook. Ashliman, D. L. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004 268 pages, ISBN 0-313-32810-2 D. L. Ashliman's Handbook is a well-ordered analysis of the folk and fairy tale genre. Its strengths lie in the effective...