Multicultural and diversity education : a reference handbook / Peter Appelbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Appelbaum, Peter Michael.

Series:

Contemporary education issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Multicultural education.

Educational equalization--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Educational equalization.

United States.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xx, 191 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2002]

Summary:

The reference source on contemporary American education, with jargon-free analysis of controversial topics and on-going debates.

The little red schoolhouse is no more. Today, sophisticated educational methods and fractious debate reflect an educational system as big and diverse as America itself. Contemporary Education Issues provides the much-need perspective to make sense of an educational system as big and diverse and dynamic as America itself.

Tackling topics from teacher training to special education, the series covers classroom, courthouse, and Congress with balanced perspective and thorough, no-holds-barred analyses that make sense of American education from preschool to college.

No other reference set on the subject offers so much, whether for the student looking into a topic for the first time or the seasoned scholar looking for research resources.

Contents:

What Is Multicultural and Diversity Education? 1

Competing and Conflicting Visions for Multicultural Education 4

Political and Educational Arguments "for" and "against" Multicultural Education 12

Chapter 2 Origins of Multicultural Education 21

The Danger of Revisionist History 21

Deculturalization, Segregation, and Integration 23

Chapter 3 Curricular Approaches 41

Why Multicultural Education? 41

Equity Issues 41

Teachers' Frustrations 42

Students' Frustrations 42

Families' and Communities' Frustrations 43

Administrators' Frustrations 43

Assessment for Multicultural Education 44

Classroom Management 45

Grouping Practices 46

Curricular Approaches 47

Comparing Lesson and Unit Plans 48

Teaching the Exceptional and Culturally Different 49

Human Relations Approach 50

Single-Group Studies 52

Multicultural Education (Cultural Democracy) 55

Education That Is Multicultural and Social Reconstructionist 57

Critical Multiculturalism 59

Critical Pedagogy for Diversity Education 61

Border Literacies 62

Westview District's Education for an Integrated Community 65

Technology in a Fifth-Grade Classroom 68

Intergeneration Orchestra of Omaha 69

Two Districts Working Together on Media Awareness 71

Carol Cornelius and Culture-Based Curricula 72

Bob Moses and the Algebra Project 74

National Multicultural Interpreter Project 76

Facing History and Ourselves 80

Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory 82

Two-Way Immersion Bilingual Education at Madawaska Elementary School and Gateway Elementary School, L'Acadien du Haut St-Jean 85

Teaching about Whiteness 89

The Importance of Leadership 91

Chapter 5 Political and Legal Issues 95

Diversity, Identity, and Citizenship 95

State and National Frameworks and Standards 98

Social Studies and Citizenship Education 99

Other Curricular Areas 103

Using the Standards to Achieve Multicultural and Diversity Education 106

High-Stakes Testing 108

Unions 111

Challenges to Multiculturalism 112

Chapter 6 Barriers to Multiculturalism 117

Grouping Students 118

Economic and Social Reproduction 121

Recruitment and Training 124

School Culture 127

School Governance 129

The Ideology of Tolerance 134

Chapter 7 Associations and Organizations 141

Chapter 8 Print and Nonprint Resources 157

Community-Building Resources 157

Curriculum Resources 158

General Works 163

Talking Points 172

Nonprint Resources 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1576072649

1576077470

OCLC:

50251916