Understanding Multicultural Education Equity for All Students

by Rogers, Christine A.; Rios, Francisco Alfonso

• ISBN13: 9781607098621
• ISBN10: 1607098628
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-09
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Multicultural education has evolved over the last 25 years to become a promising, productive, and positive approach to education within an increasingly diverse schooling context. The academic discipline has developed models, robust definitions and goals, and specific pedagogical principles related to an education that is multicultural. Almost all teacher education programs now require some academic coursework that focuses on the theoretical and practical elements of multicultural education. In addition, school districts are also recognizing the importance of multicultural education through professional development, the hiring of cultural facilitators, and minority teacher recruitment. Understanding Multicultural Education: Equity for All Students brings the goals, ideas, theories, principles, and practices of multicultural education together in their most accessible form. The book is organized using the analogy of a house to make complex ideas understandable. It aims to move the ideals of multicultural education from the academic realm to the public. With the information provided by the authors, stakeholders who play a role in the implementation of multicultural education_students, teachers, administrators, parents, school board members, citizens_will be able to pursue its implementation more fully and authentically.

Author Biography

Francisco Rios, PhD, is professor in the Educational Studies Department at the College of Education at the University of Wyoming. He is also the senior associate editor of Multicultural Perspectives, the Journal of the National Association for Multicultural Education, and the founding director of the University of Wyoming's Social Justice Research Center. Christine Rogers Stanton, PhD, has worked as a language arts teacher, instructional facilitator, and field experience supervisor in K-16 classrooms across a variety of disciplines in urban, rural, and reservation settings. She teaches courses for the Department of Education at Montana State University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Town: The Broader Context of Multicultural Education	p. 17
The Streets and Paths: Principles of Multicultural Education	p. 35
The Walls: Multicultural Education to Combat Oppression and Resistance	p. 49
Room for Living: Conversation Connection, and Collaboration	p. 63
The Kitchen: The Myths and Misconceptions of Multicultural Education	p. 83
The Rooftop: Promising Practices and Future Directions	p. 97
The Tool Shed: Resources to Extend Your Knowledge	p. 111
References	p. 121
About the Authors	p. 129
Index	p. 131
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