Introduction to Multicultural Education - From Theory to Practice

Informationen zum Autor By Chinaka S. DomNwachukwu Klappentext This book demonstrates a balance between the principles and practice of multicultural education in the K-12 classroom, presenting multicultural education as a learner-centered pedagogy. The author provides pre-service and in-service teachers with the theoretical and practical support they need to provide equal and meaningful education to all the students in their classrooms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Humans as Cultural Beings: Foundations for Multicultural Education Chapter 2 Engaging the American Cultural Mosaic Chapter 3 Engaging the Crises of Cross-Cultural Encounters Chapter 4 Educational Inequalities in American Schools Chapter 5 Historical Foundations of Multicultural Education in the United States Chapter 6 Title One Categorical Fund: A Federal Covernment Attempt at Educational Equity Chapter 7 American Multilingualism and the Challange of the English Language Learner in the American Educational System Chapter 8 Religious Diversity and the Public School Systems Chapter 9 Gender and Women's Rights in American Educational History Chapter 10 The Learner and the Educational Process Chapter 11 Exceptionality and Learner-Centered Pedagogies for the Regular Education Classroom Chapter 12 Standards-based Planning and Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom

Product details

• Authors: Chinaka DomNwachukwu, Chinaka S. Domnwachukwu, Chinaka Samuel Domnwachukwu
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2010
• EAN: 9781607096849
• ISBN: 978-1-60709-684-9
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Multicultural education, Educational strategies and policy