Developing Multicultural Educators

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9781577664079
ISBN 10:
1577664078
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/15/2005
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
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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.

PREFACE

vii

1 Culture

(33)

Identity Development Related to Culture

(2)

Preliminary Activities

(1)

The Concept of Culture

(4)

Definitions of Culture

(1)

Functions of Culture

(2)

Cautions About Culture

(1)

Summary of the Concept of Culture

(1)

Components of Culture

(8)

Communication Style

(3)

Organizational Style

(2)

Intellectual Style

(1)

Styles That Are Privileged in Schools

(1)

Summary of the Components of Culture

(1)

Characterizations of Culture

(5)

High Context and Low Context Characterizations of Culture

(2)

Rural/Gemeinschaft and Urban/Gesellschaft Characterizations of Culture

(2)

Summary of Characterizations of Culture

(1)

Social Foundations of Education

(6)

Cultural Discontinuities Between Home and School Cultures

(1)

Functionalist Perspective on Cultural Socialization

(1)

Critical Perspective on Cultural Socialization

(3)

Summary of the Social Foundations of Education

(1)

Summary

(1)

Reflective Writings

(2)

References

(2)

Case Studies

(3)

2 Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism

(36)

Identity Development Related to Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism

(2)

Stereotyping

(6)

Preliminary Activities

(1)

Stereotyping

(1)

Forming Stereotypes

(2)

Social Foundations of Stereotyping

(3)

Summary of Stereotyping

(1)

Prejudice

(7)

Preliminary Activity

(1)

Prejudice

(1)

Forming Prejudices

(4)

Social Foundations of Prejudice

(2)

Summary of Prejudice

(1)

Racism

(8)

Preliminary Activities

(3)

Racism

(1)

Forming Racism

(1)

Social Foundations of Racism

(3)

Summary of Racism

(1)

Effects of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism

(6)

Effects on Personal and Ethnic Identity

(4)

Effects in School

(2)

Summary of the Effects of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism

(1)

Summary

(1)

Reflective Writings

(2)

References

(4)

3 Immigration and Imposition

(43)

Identity Development Related to Immigration and Imposition

(2)

Preliminary Activities

(1)

Immigration

(21)

Patterns of Immigration and Immigration Restriction Policies to the 1920's

(7)

Summary of Immigration Patterns and Policies to the 1920's

(1)

Patterns of Immigration and Immigration Restriction Policies, 1920's-1990's

(4)

Summary of Immigration Patterns and Policies, 1920's-1990's

(1)

Identity

(7)

Imposition

(13)

Practices of Imposition: Colonization and Segregation

(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

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