Affirming Diversity : The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education
ISBN: 9780205529827 | 0205529828
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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This best-selling text explores the meaning, necessity, and benefits of multicultural education--in a sociopolitical context--for students of all backgrounds. Sonia Nieto and her new co-author, Patty Bode, look at how personal, social, political, cultural, and educational factors affect the success or failure of students in today's classroom. Expanding upon the popular case-study approach, the fifth edition examines the lives of 19 real students who are affected by multicultural education, or the lack of it. This social justice view of multicul... MORE
| Poem | |
| List of Case Studies | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface to the Third Edition | |
| Introduction | |
| Setting The Stage: Approaches and Definitions | |
| Why the Case Study Approach? | |
| About Terminology | |
| Multicultural Education in a Sociopolitical Context: Developing a Conceptual Framework | |
| Racism, Discrimination, and Expectations of ... MORE | |
| Case Studies | |
| Unless you're mixed, you don't know what it's like to be mixed, Linda Howard | |
| Self-respect is one gift that you give yourself, Rich Miller | |
| A good education is like growing, expanding your mind and your views, Vanessa Mattison | |
| Structural and Organizational Issues in Schools | |
| Case Studies | |
| Some teachers teach from the point of view of the kid. They don't just come out and say All righ, do this, blah, blah, blah. . They're not so one-tone voice, Avi Abramson | |
| If there's something in the history book that's wrong, I should tell them that it is wrong, Fern Sherman | |
| Culture, Identity, and Learning | |
| Case Studies | |
| I'm proud of myself and my culture, but I think I know what I should know, Marisol Martinez | |
| I'd like to be considered Lebanese, James Karam | |
| They just understand some things outside, but they cannot understand something inside our hearts, Hoang Vinh | |
| Linguistic Diversity in Multicultural Classrooms | |
| Case Studies | |
| It's kind of scary at first, especially if you don't know the language, Manuel Gomes | |
| Once you get the hang of it, you'll start getting practice with people and teachers, no matter if you talk English or Spanish, Yolanda Piedra | |
| Toward an Understanding of School Achievement | |
| Case Studies | |
| I don't want to speak too soon, but I'm pretty much on a good road here, Paul Chavez | |
| I just felt like the realest person on earth, Ron Morris | |
| Implications of Diversity for Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Society | |
| Learning from Students | |
| Multicultural Education and School Reform | |
| Affirming Diversity: Implications for Teachers, Schools, and Families | |
| Multicultural Education in Practice | |
| Epilogue | |
| Appendix | |
| Glossary | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
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