Multicultural Education articles from September 2006

Multicultural Education archives from September 2006

Disappearing in the Houdini Education: the experience of race and invisibility among Latina/o students.
September 22, 2006... In urban schools across the country, the enrollment of Latina/o students is increasing rapidly. However, their academic presence--the recognition of their potential and opportunities for achievement--may diminish quickly in many of these...

All that you are.
September 22, 2006... WE ARE SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO FEATURE THIS NEW CREATIVE WRITING SECTION THAT WE MOVED IT UP TO THE FRONT FOR THIS INAUGURAL ISSUE , JUST TO BE SURE YOU DON'T MISS IT. IN THE FUTURE LOOK FOR MORE VOICES OF JUSTICE UNDER THE DEPARTMENTS...

Counter.(Voices of justice: A CREATIVE WRITING FEATURE)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Counter I feel that I can be strong, When the adults of hell Come to me and pour Ketchup on my hair. I know I can fight my sad feeling That you've glued on my heart. And I know the dirty power That you...

To Emmett Till.(Voices of justice: A CREATIVE WRITING FEATURE)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... To Emmett Till I was born the eve of Medgar's murder, The same day Wallace stood in the Bama schoolhouse door, The same night Kennedy began breaking the bonds of injustice, But I never learned about you in school. ...

Last Names.(Voices of justice: A CREATIVE WRITING FEATURE)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Last Names Years and winter years ago, I taught a 9th grade boy With the last name of Sam. He smiled whenever he came into my class, twenty minutes late. On the chart that showed days present, His empty squares...

Breathe.(Voices of justice: A CREATIVE WRITING FEATURE)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Breathe I am a black child born into a world full of hate cuz all people do is discriminate. They see ya skin and black face and then they segregate. I am a welfare child walkin on line to...

Abuse.(Voices of justice: A CREATIVE WRITING FEATURE)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Abuse Sometimes a woman stands up and resists the heat, the beat, the meat and the feat. She escapes into a dismal world for a while and then the reality comes rushing in and it gets too hard to bear, to hear,...

Knowing valuing and shaping one's culture: a precursor to acknowledging accepting and respecting the culture of others.
September 22, 2006... As children we are naturally curious, yet suspicious and apprehensive when placed in different or unfamiliar environments. As we encounter cultural differences, we generally rely on our subconscious frames of reference to analyze, compare,...

Minority parents should know more about school culture and its impact on their children's education.
September 22, 2006... As a refugee child, I encountered many difficulties and challenges in the public schools. Today, a generation later, many, many children face the same problems. As a result, countless bilingual and limited-English-proficient students are...

Successful multicultural campus: free from prejudice toward minority professors.
September 22, 2006... Introduction With the heightened interest in multiculturalism in higher education, universities and colleges have sought to become multicultural institutions by recruiting faculty with diverse cultural backgrounds. Consequently the...

Asian American teachers: do they impact the curriculum? Are there support systems for them?
September 22, 2006... Introduction The significance and importance of global education and a culturally relevant curriculum have been thrown into relief by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, emphasizing the urgency to understand and be accepting of diverse...

Examining historical events through children's literature.(Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States)(Mississippi Morning)(Free at Last! Stories and Songs of Emancipation)(Going North)(Remember: The Journey to School Integration)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... The use of children's literature in social studies curriculum enhances the understanding of African-American History, improves academic achievement, and provides a classroom environment that promotes cultural competence. Rueda (1998) suggests...

Diversity education teacher preparation.
September 22, 2006... As an assistant professor in teacher education, I was concerned that, except for a few isolated components in a few courses, there was little to prepare future teachers in our programs to understand or to meet the needs of minority learners....

Fostering cultural competence through school-based routines.(Promising Practices)
September 22, 2006... Over the last four decades, the student population attending our nation's schools, particularly in urban areas, has changed dramatically, becoming more ethnically, linguistically, and economically diverse (Shakespear, Beardsley, & Newton,...

Everyday racism in Canada: learning and teaching respect for aboriginal people.
September 22, 2006... Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. --Chief Seattle, 1854 All of Creation is related. And the...

Standardized tests aren't like t-shirts: one size doesn't fit all.
September 22, 2006... Testing has become a way of life that starts shortly after the cradle and may end just this side of the grave. (Black, 1963) In January of 2002, President George W. Bush with his No Child Left Behind Act changed testing forever. Tests...

What do we really mean when we say "bilingual/bicultural"?
September 22, 2006... This article is the first in a non-consecutive series of articles focusing on affirmative action in hiring and admissions in higher education. This first in the series is an autobiographical narrative account of a recent hiring experience the...

From Huicholes to the Mexican-American war: recent books about Latinos.(Fairy Trails: A Story Told in English and Spanish)(The Journey of Tunuri and the Blue Deer: A Huichol Indian Story)(Clatter Bash!: A Day of the Dead Celebration)(Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains)(Napi)(Julio's Magic)(Picasso and Minou)(Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates)(Serafina's Stories)(Echoes of the Mexican-American War)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... From delightful tales, to a humorous Mexican Day of the Dead celebration, an alluring youthful Picasso, and a vivid chronicle of the war between Mexico and the United States, these recently published books introduce English-speaking children...

Comprehensive Multicultural Education.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Comprehensive Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice Fifth Edition Christine I. Bennett Pearson Education, Inc., 2003 434 pgs., ISBN-0-205-35-838-1 Comprehensive Multicultural Education by Christine Bennett...