Multicultural Education of Children and Adolescents

Multicultural Education of Children and Adolescents explores the foundations of diversity through cultural portraits of young people from a variety of backgrounds, and provides practical strategies for shaping and implementing a multicultural curriculum.

Autorentext

G. Lea Lee is Professor and Director of the Tidewater Writing Project in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Old Dominion University, USA.

Klappentext

Multicultural Education of Children and Adolescents explores the foundations of diversity through cultural portraits of young people from a variety of backgrounds, and provides practical strategies for shaping and implementing a multicultural curriculum.

Inhalt

Preface Part I: Multicultural Education and Its Response to Our Nation's Increasing Diversity 1. Multicultural Education 2. Diversity Part II: Understanding Learners and Their Cultural Backgrounds 3. Understanding African American Children and Adolescents 4. Understanding American Indian Children and Adolescents 5. Understanding Arab American Children and Adolescents 6. Understanding Asian American Children and Adolescents 7. Understanding European American Children and Adolescents 8. Understanding Hispanic American Children and Adolescents Part III: Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Society 9. Curricular Efforts 10. Instructional Practices 11. Parents, Families, and Caregivers of Culturally Diverse Backgrounds 12. Administrators and Special School Personnel 13. Newly Emerging Issues in Multicultural Education