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Teaching and learning in a diverse world : multicultural education for young children / Patricia G. Ramsey ; foreword by Sonia Nieto.
LIBRA LC1099.3 .R36 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ramsey, Patricia G.
- Series:
- Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)
- Early childhood education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multicultural education--United States.
- Multicultural education.
- Multiculturalism--Study and teaching (Early childhood).
- Multiculturalism.
- United States.
- Multiculturalism--Study and teaching (Early childhood)--United States.
- Early childhood education--United States.
- Early childhood education.
- Educational sociology--United States.
- Educational sociology.
- Teaching--United States.
- Teaching.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 217 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- This classic text continues to define what multicultural education means in all kinds of settings: "The Third Edition includes activities to challenge children's assumptions on: Racial Bias, Social Class and Consumerism, Perspectives on Cultures and the Natural World, Gender and Sexual Orientation, and Abilities and Disabilities.
- Contents:
- Part I Multicultural Schools and Classrooms
- 1 Growing Up in a World of Contradictions and Injustices: A Multicultural Response 3
- Purpose, Trends, and Scope of Multicultural Education 6
- Multicultural Goals for Children 10
- Families and Schools Working Together 12
- How Do We Talk About Multicultural Issues? 13
- 2 We Are All Learning 16
- How Adults Can Identify and Challenge Their Assumptions 19
- How Children Learn About Their Worlds 26
- 3 Creating Caring and Critical Communities 43
- Creating Caring and Critical Communities Among Adults 45
- Creating Caring and Critical Classroom Communities 53
- Part II Contexts of Learning
- 4 The Context of Race 69
- Reflections on Race 69
- Growing Up in a Racially Divided Society 69
- Children's Responses to Race 77
- How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Race 84
- Activities to Challenge Racial Bias 85
- 5 The Economic Context: Social Class and Consumerism 87
- Reflections on Social Class 87
- Socioeconomic Divisions in the United States 88
- Growing Up Poor 89
- Children's Awareness and Feelings About Social Class Differences 94
- Reflections on Consumerism 96
- Living in a Consumerist Society 97
- Children's Understanding of Consumerism 98
- How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Social Class and Consumerism 100
- Activities to Challenge Assumptions About Social Class and Consumerism 101
- 6 The Context of Culture 104
- Reflections on Cultural Influences 104
- Reflections Relating to the Natural Environment 106
- Cultural Influences on Children's Development 109
- Cultural and Linguistic Discontinuity 110
- Children's Understanding of Culture 114
- How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Culture 116
- Children's Understanding of the Natural Environment 117
- How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About the Natural Environment 120
- Activities to Challenge Assumptions and Broaden Perspectives About Cultures and the Natural World 120
- 7 The Context of Gender and Sexual Orientation 125
- Reflections on Gender Identification and Roles 125
- Growing Up in a Gendered World 126
- Children's Responses to Gender Differences 128
- Reflections on Sexual Orientation 131
- Growing Up in a Heterosexist World 133
- Dilemmas of Gay and Lesbian Parents 134
- Children's Understanding of Sexual Orientation 135
- How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Gender and Sexual Orientation 136
- Activities to Challenge Children's Assumptions About Gender and Sexual Orientation 138
- 8 The Context of Abilities and Disabilities 141
- Reflections on Abilities and Disabilities 141
- Growing Up in an "Abled" World 142
- Social Integration of Children with Disabilities 145
- Children's Knowledge and Feelings Related to Abilities and Disabilities 148
- How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Abilities and Disabilities 150
- Activities to Challenge Children's Assumptions About Abilities and Disabilities 151
- Part III A Vision of the Future
- 9 A Day at Wilson Street School 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-200) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807745057
- 0807745049
- OCLC:
- 55616657
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