Cultural diversity in schools : from rhetoric to practice / edited by Robert A. Devillar, Christian J. Faltis, James P. Cummins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeVillar, Robert A.

Faltis, Christian, 1950-

Cummins, Jim, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Education--Social aspects--United States.

Education.

Classroom management--United States.

Classroom management.

Educational technology--United States.

Educational technology.

English language--United States--Rhetoric.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 401 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book confronts the patterns of school failure often faced by subordinated minority groups in the United States. It does so by presenting a socioacademic framework that is based on the notion that all groups can have comparable access to quality schooling, comparable participation in the schooling, and derive comparable educational benefits from their participation. Organized around three key, interrelated components--communication, integration, and cooperation--the book combines theoretical concepts with actual classroom practices that support change. It moves us from a position of rhetoric about educational equality to one that actively addresses the socioacademic needs of students in a culturally diverse society. Robert A. DeVillar is Associate Professor in the Department of Advanced Educational Studies at California State University, Bakersfield. Christian J. Faltis is Associate Professor in the Program in Multicultural Education at Arizona State University. DeVillar and Faltis are authors of Computers and Cultural Diversity: Restructuring for School Success also published by SUNY Press. James P. Cummins is Professor in the Department of Curriculum at The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: RECONCILING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND QUALITY SCHOOLING: PARAMADIGMANTIC ELEMENTS OF A SOCIOACADEMIC FRAMEWORK by ROBERT A. DeVILLAR and CHRISTIAN J. FALTIS""; ""PART I: CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND SCHOOLING""; ""1. The Rhetoric and Practice of Cultural Diversity in U.S. Schools: Socialization, Resocialization, and Quality Schooling by ROBERT A. DeVILLAR""; ""2. Cooperative Learning in the Culturally Diverse Classroom by DAVID W. JOHNSON and ROGER T. JOHNSON""

""3. Building Bridges for the Future: Anthropological Contributions to Diversity and Classroom Practices by STEVEN F. ARVIZU""""PART II: CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND TEACHER EDUCATION""; ""4. Responding Successfully to Cultural Diversity in Our Schools: The Teacher Connection by ROBERT D. MILK""; ""5. Mentoring, Peer Coaching, and Support Systems for First-Year Minority/Bilingual Teachers by MARGARITA CALDERON""; ""PART III: CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM""; ""6. Cooperative Learning for Language-Minority Students by RICHARD P. DURAN""

""7. Influences of L1 Writing Proficiency on L2 Writing Proficiency by ROBERT S. CARLISLE"" ""8. Promoting Positive Cross-Cultural Attitudes and Perceived Competence in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms by KATHRYN J. LINDHOLM""; ""9. Managing Behavior in the Culturally Diverse Classroom by SAUNDRA SCOTT SPARLING""; ""10. Effectiveness of Bilingual Education in an Elementary School District by LINDA GONZALES""; ""PART IV: CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND TECHNOLOGY""; ""11. A Communicative Computer Environment for the Acquisition of ESL by NIDIA GONZALEZ-EDFELT""

""12. Bilingual Team-Teaching Partnerships over Long Distances: A Technology-Mediated Context for Intragroup Language Attitude Change by DENNIS SAYERS"" ""13. Teaching Teachers about Computers and Collaborative Problem-Solving by HOWARD BUDIN""; ""14. Pedagogical and Research Uses of Computer-Mediated Conferencing by ARMANDO A. ARIAS and BERYL BELLMAN""; ""15. The Socioacademic Achievement Model in the Context of Coercive and Collaborative Relations of Power by JIM CUMMINS""; ""AUTHOR INDEX""; ""SUBJECT INDEX""; "SUBJECT INDEX""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4384-0106-X