Multicultural Education articles from March 2007

Multicultural Education archives from March 2007

The message or the messenger: reflection on the volatility of evoking novice teachers' courageous conversations on race.(Viewpoint essay)
March 22, 2007... Introduction I have said this to all of you in other classes, I believe that the reason why there was so much opposition to Dr.--'s discussion of the relationship between race and achievement gap in this class is not because of the...

Interfacing culture specific pedagogy with counseling: a proposed diversity training model for preparing preservice teachers for diverse learners.
March 22, 2007... As the 21st century begins amid high hopes and great expectations throughout the world, the decline of academic performance overall in P-12 schools, and the consistent underperformance of students of color and low income students continues to...

Teaching for social justice in multicultural urban schools: conceptualization and classroom implication.
March 22, 2007... Presumably, everyone shares the understanding that teaching for social justice means providing students with a supportive learning environment that is just, fair, democratic, and even compassionate. In reality, people are probably using this...

An angel behind the camera, filming Angels in the Dust: an interview with activist filmmaker Louise Hogarth.(Interview)
March 22, 2007... AIDS has orphaned more than 14 million children worldwide--the equivalent to every child under five in America with no one to watch over them. (1) South Africa, a country with the highest incidence of rape and child rape in the world, (2)...

The effects of primary sources and field trip experience on the knowledge retention of multicultural content.
March 22, 2007... Introduction The utilization of primary sources and direct experiences may be a key to fostering student engagement in an inclusive pluralistic society. Gay noted (1975) that "materials, activities, and experiences that are authentic,...

Teaching and learning within and across cultures: educator requirements across the United States.
March 22, 2007... Introduction Teaching multicultural education has been a consistent theme in teacher education programs across the United States (Miller, Strosnider, & Dooley, 2000), yet most institutions of higher education have struggled to incorporate...

Literacy development, science curriculum, and the adolescent English language learner: modifying instruction for the English-only classroom.(Promising Practices)
March 22, 2007... Introduction Several years ago while teaching my high school physical science class, I was interrupted with a knock at my classroom door. One of my school's administrators was standing in the hall with two new students. They were...

Enhancing diversity education.(Promising Practices)
March 22, 2007... Introduction Educational experts predict that over the next century there will be a huge increase in the enrollment of children of color in public schools (Bernstein, 1996). By all accounts in the next 50 years, the number of students...

The challenge to equality: "We made it, why can't you?".(Personal Perspective)(Viewpoint essay)
March 22, 2007... We just can't understand why you minorities can't do what all of our ancestors did. Our great-grandparents also arrived dirt poor and still achieved the American Dream! Why can't you release yourselves from the past chains of colonialism,...

America's dilemma revisited: a review of Challenges of a Changing America.(Challenges of a Changing America: Perspectives on Immigration and Multiculturalism in the United States, 2d ed.)(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Challenges of a Changing America: Perspectives on Immigration and Multiculturalism in the United States (Second Edition, 2001) Edited by Ernest R. Myers San Francisco: Caddo Gap Press ISBN 1-880192-37-3, 336 pp. Paper, $29.95 In Challenges...

A call for reformation: a review of Race and Class.(Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap)(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform To Close the Black-White Achievement Gap Richard Rothstein Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute 2004, ISBN: 0807745561, 210 pp. $17.95 Class and Schools: Using Social,...