Multicultural Holidays

Multicultural Holidays

Author: Julia Jasmine

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1557346151

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"Background information on more than 75 holidays throughout the year ... includes suggestions for ways to observe these holidays in classrooms, related activities, student contracts, and exciting culminating activities."--Page 2 of cover.


Beyond Heroes and Holidays

Beyond Heroes and Holidays

Author: Enid Lee

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781878554178

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Interdisciplinary manual analyzes the roots of racism through lessons and readings by numerous educators. Issues such as tracking, parent/school relations, and language policies are addressed along with readings and lessons for pre- and in-service staff development. All levels.


Rethinking Multicultural Education

Rethinking Multicultural Education

Author: Carol Korn-Bursztyn

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2002-03-30

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0313076820

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Korn and Bursztyn and their contributors examine the cultural transitions that children make as they move between the cultures of home and school. To better understand these transitions, they explore how educators understand their students' shifting experiences and examine how educators also negotiate transitions as they too move from home to school each day. The narratives or case studies reflect this shifting gaze: from child, to teacher, to parents, and take up the various relational configurations that these can form, amongst and between each other. They turn a critical eye toward instances of classroom practice and school life, connecting personal knowledge with school change. In some cases, the authors draw directly on autobiographical material, linking these to a reflective approach to teaching. Avoiding the celebratory tone that often attends discussions of multiculturalism, the authors address how diverstiy engages us in continual renegotiation of the personal and social. The perspectives of educators and of teacher candidates are presented, and the construction of cultural identity and its impact on schools, explored. In illuminating the complicated nature of cultural transitions and the obligation of schools to create places in which children and families of diverse backgrounds can thrive, they highlight how multiculturalism can play a transformative role in the lives of children and schools. A must reading for educators and graduate students in education, school psychology, guidance and counseling.


Creating Multicultural Citizens

Creating Multicultural Citizens

Author: Dr Raihani

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-12

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1317916514

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Despite the largest-scale decentralisation of education since 1999, which broadly led to the marketisation of education, it is not clear how school education responds to the multicultural realities of Indonesian society and ethno-religious conflicts. Creating Multicultural Citizens presents a comprehensive evaluation of contemporary education in the largest democratic Muslim country in the world, focusing on the ways in which education prepares citizens for a multicultural society. It thoroughly examines the state-religion-community roles in the field of education in developing the Indonesian people. Using a qualitative ethnographic methodology, the author presents six case studies of different schools, including religious, non-religious, state and private schools, in two different provinces in Indonesia. It particularly explores: Evolving but contested theories of multiculturalism and multicultural education; Education changes and reforms in post-Suharto Indonesia; Government policies for multicultural education and school curriculum; School leadership for education for diversity; Roles of religious education in schools in nurturing multicultural beliefs, values and attitudes; Extra-curricular activities and tolerance; Students’ perspectives of multiculturalism and the ideal society; The promising development of a pesantren (Islamic boarding school in establishing multicultural education. It is the first book to explore how education in Indonesia helps contribute to the creation of tolerant and multicultural citizens and is essential reading for anyone involved in Indonesian education and international higher education.


Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Schools

Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Schools

Author: Elizabeth Coelho

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781853593833

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This text outlines relevant theoretical background and provides detailed practical advice and suggestions for educators in schools serving culturally and liguistically divers communities. Some chapters focus on the needs of students from immigrant communities, especially those who are learning the language of instruction, while others include historical minority groups as well.


Connecting Cultures

Connecting Cultures

Author: Rebecca L. Thomas

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1996-01-30

Total Pages: 691

ISBN-13: 0313080224

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A comprehensive guide to multicultural literature for children, this valuable resource features more than 1,600 titles—including fiction, folktales, poetry, and song books—that focus on diverse cultural groups. The selected titles, pubished between the 1970s and 1990s are suitable for use with preschoolers through sixth graders and are likely to be found on the shelves of school and public libraries. Topics are timely, with an emphasis on books that reflect the needs and interests of today's children. Each detailed entry includes bibliographic information. Use level is also included, as are cultural designation, subjects, and a summary. The invaluable Subject Access section incorporates use level culture information.


Critical Perspectives on Project Head Start

Critical Perspectives on Project Head Start

Author: Jeanne Ellsworth

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1998-09-11

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780791439289

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Considers how Project Head Start, the federally funded preschool program, has operated (sometimes effectively and comfortably, sometimes not) with families, in communities, and with other institutions. An important look at the intersections of poverty, social programs, and education.


Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults

Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults

Author: Mingshui Cai

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2002-10-30

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0313076405

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There is much discussion of multiculturalism in education. This is especially true of multicultural literature for children and young adults. The rise of multicultural literature is a political rather than a literary movement; it is a movement to claim space in literature and in education for historically marginalized social groups rather than one to renovate the craft of literature itself. Multicultural literature has been closely bound with the cause of multiculturalism in general and thus has been confronted with resistance from conservatives. This book discusses many of the controversial issues surrounding multicultural literature for children and young adults. The volume begins with a look at some of the foundational and theoretical issues related to multicultural literature. The second part of the book addresses issues related to the creation and critique of multicultural literature, including the authorship of such works and the role of the reader in determining whether or not a work is multicultural. The third looks at the place of multicultural literature in the education of children and young adults. Throughout its discussion, the book makes extensive references to a large body of multicultural fiction and provides a thorough review of research on this important topic.


Feather Boas, Black Hoodies, and John Deere Hats

Feather Boas, Black Hoodies, and John Deere Hats

Author: Joseph R. Jones

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-12-05

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9463512152

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In Feather Boas, Black Hoodies, and John Deere Hats, Jones once again challenges our beliefs about difference and acceptance. As one reviewer writes, “through a series of rich narratives, Jones provides examples of attitudes, experiences, and institutional acts that continue to propagate the marginalization of people in our communities. Intertwined within these stories are thoughtfully selected ideas to help us understand that embracing difference, and not merely respecting it, can be the catalyst for real change in all of us.” The book engenders a dialogic space for individuals to grapple with the idea of difference and the importance of inclusion in educational environments, and by extension broader society.


Cultural Diversity in the Classroom

Cultural Diversity in the Classroom

Author: Julia Athena Spinthourakis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-09-25

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 3531934945

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The so-called nation states have created ethnical minorities. Also due to migration, cultural diversity is the reality. The multicultural society is strongly reproduced in the schools all over Europe. Cultural diversity in the classroom is increasingly recognized as a potential which should not be neglected. The educational system has, above all, to provide all children with equal opportunities. Experts from Finland, the UK, Hungary, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, and other European states, mostly responsible for teacher education, have contributed to this volume with critical, but constructive remarks on the classroom reality in their countries. This book is valuable reading for academics and practitioners in educational sciences.