Multicultural & diversity education / the editors of Salem Press.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Editors of Salem Press, author.

Series:

Education Reference Guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 125 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various educational topics. This volume offers an introduction to a number of programs and outlooks that promote multiculturalism in schools and provide suggestions for educators to improve curriculum approaches and the class environment to opti-mize learning for all students.

Contents:

""Education Reference Guide: Multicultural & Diversity Education""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The Achievement Gap""; ""Critical Pedagogy""; ""Culturally Responsive Teaching""; ""Cultural Values & Their Impact on Education""; ""The Cultural Variable""; ""Non-Traditional Minority Students""; ""Minority Teacher Shortages""; ""Cosmopolitanism""; ""Cultural Intelligence""; ""Intercultural Programs""; ""Multicultural Resource Centers""; ""Multicultural Curricula""; ""Multicultural Education: An Overview""; ""Cultural Transmission""; ""Monoculturalism (Cultural Conservatism)""

""Cultural Pluralism""""Issues of Class in U.S. Education""; ""White Privilege: The Invisible Advantages & Apparent Disadvantages""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed June 4, 2014).

ISBN:

9781429835329

142983532X

OCLC:

883632961