Annual Editions: Multicultural Education, 14/e

by Schultz, Fred

• ISBN13: 9780073397474
• ISBN10: 0073397474
• Edition: 14th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-17
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

This Fourteenth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Contents UNIT 1 The Social Contexts of Multicultural Education 1. 46399 Five Trends for Schools,Shelley Lapkoff and Rose Maria Li, Educational Leadership , March 2007 The rapid demographic change in the current cultural population structure is remarkable. Enrollment patterns that are developing at the present time are documented. Demographic change in the United States is an astounding phenomenon. The effects of an ethnically changing population are being experienced in the United States. Linguistic diversity is a major social phenomenon (more than 19 percent of American school-age children speak a language other than English at home). Five trends of the effects of this phenomenon are described. 2. 46400 In Urban America, Many Students Fail to Finish High School,Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education , November 3, 2006 This article by Karin Fischer examines the cultural issues influencing school drop-out rates in the urban setting. 3. 46401 In Rural America, Few People Harvest 4-Year Degrees,Sara Hebel, The Chronicle of Higher Education , November 3, 2006 Sara Hebel discusses cultural issues in rural school settings. Issues confronting African American , Latino , and English language learners as well as the impact of poverty on young people are discussed. 4. 45663 Colorblind to the Reality of Race in America,Ian F. Haney Lopez, The Chronicle of Higher Education , November 3, 2006 The author provides an argument concerning the phenomenon of race relations in the United States and the "color blindness" of many white Americans and its effects on the lives of persons of color . He argues that there are efforts to ignore the reality of "race" in American life. Issues related to the concept of race continue to be litigated in the courts. 5. 40819 Metaphors of Hope,Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld, Phi Delta Kappan , December 2004 The author describes the promising examples of four wonderful teachers and how their students have responded to their teaching. Teaching since 1956, the author has traveled the nation observing students and teachers in classroom interaction . 6. 46403 Hitting the Ground Running,Marla I. Cruz-Janzen and Marilyn Taylor, Multicultural Education , Fall 2004 The authors discuss their rationales for the necessity of integrating a multicultural education focus into the introductory teacher education courses . They discuss their results from a research survey they conducted with their students in the courses they teach at their university. Extracts of students' responses to their research are provided. 7. 40818 The Biology of Risk Taking,Lisa F. Price, Educational Leadership , April 2005 The author clearly discusses the physiological bases of adolescence . It is a very important essay on this matter. This article illuminates the wonders of puberty . Educators need to have a positive outlook on kids in early puberty. UNIT 2 Teacher Education in Multicultural Perspective 8. 46405 Dare to Be Different,Selma Wassermann, Phi Delta Kappan , January 2007 The author discusses the importance of daring to be different as teachers in teaching and schooling. She uses a school in Vancouver, British Columbia as a case study for her line of argument. She describes what she sees and hears from students and teachers in the school. She discusses issues related to professional politics in educational policy development. 9. 46406 The Cultural Plunge,Jesus Nieto, Teacher Education Quarterly , Winter 2006 The author addresses the fact that "the number of K-12 students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds " is continuing to grow, and he proposes a model to help becoming teachers have immersion "experiences" with students who are from culturally different backgrounds than their own. He refers to this practice as helping becoming teachers take "cultural plunges." 10. 46407 Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing,Nancy Armstrong Melser, Childhood Education , Annual Theme 2006 The author discusses how students becoming teachers can learn to teach in multiculturally diverse urban school settings . She provides a brief overview as to how the American school populations are becoming more diverse while the American teaching cadre is witnessing a decline in the numbers of teachers from minority cultures . She describes an "urban semester program" in a particular teacher education program. 11. 46408 Collaborative Recruitment of Diverse Teachers for the Long HaulTEAMS,Marci Nunez and Mary Rose Fernandez, Multicultural Education , Winter 2006 The authors explore issues in teacher education and what it takes to achieve greater cultural diversity in the recruitment of new teacher education students. They argue the merits of cultural diversity in teacher recruitment , and they describe a program called TEAMS (Teacher Education for the Advancement of a Multicultural Society) . What leads to culturally responsive pedagogy is discussed. 12. 46409 Asian American Teachers,Hema Ramanathan, Multicultural Education , Fall 2006 The author discusses the possible influence of Asian American teachers . She reports on the growing literature on Asian Americans and outlines the contributions they can make to the teaching profession . The author describes professional challenges Asian American teachers encounter as well as means by which they can meet those challenges. This essay is based on a research survey and conversations with Asian American teachers. UNIT 3 Multicultural Education as an Academic Discipline 13. 46411 The Human Right to Education,Caetano Pimentel, Multicultural Education , Summer 2006 The author discusses the right of all persons to access schools . He sees this as relevant to the empowerment of all. The author addresses the critical need to address the rights of women to schooling at all levels. A phenomenological method of inquiry is used in this study. 14. 46412 Knowing, Valuing, and Shaping One''s Culture,Elinor L. Brown, Multicultural Education , Fall 2006 The author examines the literature on how people lear