Ethnic Diversity in Communities and Schools - Recognizing and Building on Strengths

Research has consistently documented the failure of schools to reach students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. One reason suggested for this failure is teachers' lack of understanding and appreciation for students' home backgrounds, while most teachers are eager to becvome informed and supportive of their diverse students many have lacked the opportunity to develop the knowedge and skills appropriate to working with such students. Ethnic Diversity examines how migration and settlement patterns have varied for these populations throughout U.S. history, documenting what researchers have learned about Latino, Native American, African American, urban Appalachian, and Asian American families, neighborhoods, and communities as these relate to children's learning through case studies (in the form of vignettes) and suggests how schools, communites, and universities can address the needs of culturally diverse students and their families.

List of contents

Families and Schools: Contexts for Student Learning, with M. Yvette Baber and Linda Evans
Diverse Communities, Different Realities, with M. Yvette Baber
Multiple Realities: A Brief Socio-Historical Overview
Schools and Communities: Vignettes of Recent Latino Immigrants and Refugees
Schools and Communities: The Asian Experience
Schools and Communities: The Native American and Urban Appalachian Experience
Schools and Communities: The African American Experience. Ethnicity, Education, the Community and Children's Learning

Product details

• Authors: M. Yvette Baber, Kathryn Borman, Kathryn M. Borman, Borman Kathryn M.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.1998
• EAN: 9781567503869
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-386-9
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Organization & management of education, Social issues & processes, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Teaching of a specific subject, Social and ethical issues, Schools, Physical anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, EDUCATION / Schools / General, Current Events and Issues: Education