Developing Multicultural Educators

by Noel, Jana

• ISBN13: 9781577664079
• ISBN10: 1577664078
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-15
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

Summary

Encouraging readers to incorporate multicultural education issues into their own thinking, this book helps them see how their perceptions of the multicultural world impact their teaching. Rather than telling readers how to address multicultural issues, the book helps them examine their own identities to develop effective strategies in incorporating multicultural education into the classroom.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	vii
1 Culture	1	(33)
Identity Development Related to Culture	1	(2)
Preliminary Activities	2	(1)
The Concept of Culture	3	(4)
Definitions of Culture	3	(1)
Functions of Culture	4	(2)
Cautions About Culture	6	(1)
Summary of the Concept of Culture	6	(1)
Components of Culture	7	(8)
Communication Style	7	(3)
Organizational Style	10	(2)
Intellectual Style	12	(1)
Styles That Are Privileged in Schools	13	(1)
Summary of the Components of Culture	14	(1)
Characterizations of Culture	15	(5)
High Context and Low Context Characterizations of Culture	15	(2)
Rural/Gemeinschaft and Urban/Gesellschaft Characterizations of Culture	17	(2)
Summary of Characterizations of Culture	19	(1)
Social Foundations of Education	20	(6)
Cultural Discontinuities Between Home and School Cultures	21	(1)
Functionalist Perspective on Cultural Socialization	21	(1)
Critical Perspective on Cultural Socialization	22	(3)
Summary of the Social Foundations of Education	25	(1)
Summary	26	(1)
Reflective Writings	27	(2)
References	29	(2)
Case Studies	31	(3)
2 Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism	34	(36)
Identity Development Related to Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism	34	(2)
Stereotyping	36	(6)
Preliminary Activities	36	(1)
Stereotyping	36	(1)
Forming Stereotypes	36	(2)
Social Foundations of Stereotyping	38	(3)
Summary of Stereotyping	41	(1)
Prejudice	42	(7)
Preliminary Activity	42	(1)
Prejudice	42	(1)
Forming Prejudices	43	(4)
Social Foundations of Prejudice	47	(2)
Summary of Prejudice	49	(1)
Racism	49	(8)
Preliminary Activities	49	(3)
Racism	52	(1)
Forming Racism	53	(1)
Social Foundations of Racism	53	(3)
Summary of Racism	56	(1)
Effects of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism	57	(6)
Effects on Personal and Ethnic Identity	57	(4)
Effects in School	61	(2)
Summary of the Effects of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism	63	(1)
Summary	63	(1)
Reflective Writings	64	(2)
References	66	(4)
3 Immigration and Imposition	70	(43)
Identity Development Related to Immigration and Imposition	70	(2)
Preliminary Activities	72	(1)
Immigration	73	(21)
Patterns of Immigration and Immigration Restriction Policies to the 1920's	75	(7)
Summary of Immigration Patterns and Policies to the 1920's	82	(1)
Patterns of Immigration and Immigration Restriction Policies, 1920's-1990's	83	(4)
Summary of Immigration Patterns and Policies, 1920's-1990's	87	(1)
Identity	87	(7)
Imposition	94	(13)
Practices of Imposition: Colonization and Segregation	94	(6)
Summary of Imposition	100	(1)
Identity	100	(7)
Summary	107	(1)
Reflective Writings	108	(2)
References	110	(3)
4 Classroom Orientations and Learning Styles	113	(32)
Identity Development Related to Classroom Orientations and Learning Styles	113	(1)
Teachers' Attitudes Toward Students	114	(6)
Preliminary Activities	114	(1)
Deficiency Orientation and Difference Orientation	115	(3)
Effects of Teachers' Orientations on Students' Construction of Identities	118	(1)
Summary of Teachers' Attitudes Toward Students	119	(1)
Learning Styles and Intelligences	120	(18)
Preliminary Activities	120	(1)
Learning Styles and Strategies	120	(2)
Components of Learning Styles	122	(2)
Learning Style Inventories	124	(7)
Learning Intelligences	131	(4)
How Teachers' Attitudes Can Be Affected by Recognition of Learning Styles and Intelligences	135	(1)
Questions and Concerns About the Learning Styles Approach	136	(2)
Summary of Learning Styles and Intelligences	138	(1)
Summary	138	(1)
Reflective Writings	139	(6)
5 The Identity Construction Process	145	(24)
The Construction of Identity	145	(1)
Preliminary Activities	146	(1)
Stages of Identity Construction	146	(18)
Unexamined Identity	147	(4)
Search for Identity	151	(3)
Construction of Identity Based on the Devaluation of Others	154	(2)
Clarified Identity	156	(2)
Expanded Sense of Identity	158	(3)
Use of Clarified Identity to Achieve Societal Change	161	(2)
Complex and Transitional Perspectives	163	(1)
Summary	164	(2)
Reflective Writings	166	(1)
References	167	(2)
APPENDIX: Suggestions for the Multicultural Classroom	169	(16)
Goals for a Multicultural Education Classroom	169	(13)
Goal 1: Students Will Gain an Awareness of Their Own Cultural Backgrounds	170	(2)
Goal 2: Students Will Gain an Understanding of Different Perspectives on Life in the United States	172	(2)
Goal 3: Students Will Gain an Understanding of the Cultures of Specific Groups	174	(1)
Goal 4: Students Will Learn How to Reduce Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism Within Themselves and Within Society	175	(4)
Goal 5: Students Will Develop the Skills Needed to Take Social Action to Eliminate Social Injustice	179	(1)
Goal 6: Students Will Gain a Recognition and Understanding of Global Issues	180	(1)
One Last Suggestion for a Multicultural Classroom Activity	181	(1)
References	182	(3)
INDEX	185