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Educational Administration in a Pluralistic Society
Häftad, 1993
464 kr
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In this bold, provocative supplemental text for the field of educational administration, Colleen Capper and contributors challenge administrators, policymakers, practitioners, and communities to confront the realities of schools and students in a pluralistic society. The book examines recent …
Teaching Diverse Populations
Formulating a Knowledge Base
Av Etta R. Hollins, Joyce E. King m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
474 kr
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This book presents current knowledge about teaching culturally diverse populations, traditionally underserved in the nation's public schools. It approaches the challenge of improving public school education for these students in a variety of ways including relating of cultural and experiential …
Children and Families "At Promise"
Deconstructing the Discourse of Risk
Av Beth Blue Swadener, Sally Lubeck
Häftad, 1995
487 kr
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Shows how the labeling of children as "at-risk" actually perpetuates the inequities, racism, and discrimination facing many families in America.This book critiques the currently popular "at-risk" construct, drawing from historical, contextual, critical, and personal perspectives. It provides an …
Over the Ivy Walls
The Educational Mobility of Low-Income Chicanos
Häftad, 1995
442 kr
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Explores social factors that lead to academic success for low-income Chicanos.Unique among literature on minority and Chicano academic achievement, Over the Ivy Walls focuses on factors that create academic successes rather than examining school failure. It weaves existing research on academic …
Removing College Price Barriers
What Government Has Done and Why it Hasn't Worked
Häftad, 1995
474 kr
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Presents the political, economic, and demographic factors that interact to produce and perpetuate increasing college price barriers.The dream of college education is one of the central aspirations of American families and the cost of college is one of their central concerns. Removing College Price …
Parent-School Collaboration
Feminist Organizational Structures and School Leadership
Häftad, 1996
453 kr
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Examines in close detail public schools' relationships with their parents and communities.Mary E. Henry examines in close detail public schools' relationships with parents and communities. Using an anthropological approach and feminist theory, she argues that for educators, knowledge of family and …
Teacher Thinking in Cultural Contexts
Häftad, 1996
490 kr
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Explores how teachers think about students of color and/or a multicultural curriculum and presents opportunities for reconstructing teacher knowledge of the cultural context.Francisco Rios' book sheds light on current scholarship around teacher thinking in cultural contexts and identifies promising …
Multicultural Education as Social Activism
Häftad, 1996
450 kr
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Explores connections between multicultural education, social activism, and critical analyses of oppression.Connecting multicultural education with political issues of power and struggle, this book explores what multicultural education means to white people, given the unequal racial power relations …
Language, Culture, and Power
Bilingual Families and the Struggle for Quality Education
Häftad, 1996
442 kr
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Provides insights into the impact that eliminating bilingual education programs has on the lives of families and communities. Persuasively argues that linguistic repression is an unwise language policy for a democratic nation.Decades of educational research have documented the best practices and …
To Live Heroically
Institutional Racism and American Indian Education
Häftad, 1997
450 kr
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Analyzes American Indian education in the last century and compares the tribal, mission, and Bureau of Indian Affairs schools.To Live Heroically examines American Indian education during the last century, comparing the tribal, mission, and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools and curriculums and …
Standing Outside on the Inside
Black Adolescents and the Construction of Academic Identity
Av Olga M. Welch, Carolyn R. Hodges
Häftad, 1997
549 kr
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the result of a longitudinal study of academic achievement and pre-college enrichment for disadvantaged Black adolescents, offers fresh insights on barriers which continue to impede the academic progress of those students.At a time when increased emphasis is placed on pre-college preparation of …
Making Meaning of Whiteness
Exploring Racial Identity with White Teachers
Häftad, 1997
450 kr
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Describes how a group of white female student teachers examined their "whiteness" and developed ways of thinking critically about race and racism in educational practice.McIntyre describes how a group of white middle- and upper-middle-class female student teachers examined their "whiteness" and how …
Other Struggle for Equal Schools
Mexican Americans During the Civil Rights Era
Av Rubén Donato
Häftad, 1997
450 kr
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Contrary to popular belief that the struggle for educational opportunity during the civil rights era was waged exclusively by African Americans, this fascinating book shows that the Mexican American population challenged discriminatory educational practice more than was portrayed by the …
Speaking the Unpleasant
The Politics of (non)Engagement in the Multicultural Education Terrain
Av Rudolfo Chávez Chávez, James O'Donnell
Häftad, 1998
380 kr
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Discusses the issue of engagement, and nonengagement, of students in multicultural education programs.
Struggling To Be Heard
The Unmet Needs of Asian Pacific American Children
Av Valerie Ooka Pang, Li-Rong Lilly Cheng
Häftad, 1998
474 kr
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The social, psychological, and educational needs of Asian Pacific American youth often go unmet. This book, written by multicultural educators, social workers, psychologists, and others, challenges stereotypical beliefs and seeks to provide, basic knowledge and direction for working with this …
Subtractive Schooling
U.S. - Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring
Häftad, 1999
474 kr
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Provides an enhanced sense of what's required to genuinely care for and educate the U.S.–Mexican youth in America.Winner of the 2000 Outstanding Book Award presented by the American Educational Research Association Winner of the 2001 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award …
Language and Learning
Educating Linguistically Diverse Students
Inbunden, 1994
1080 kr
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This book explores the challenges of teaching an increasingly multilingual and multicultural American school population. Six million American children-one in eight-live in homes where a language other than English is spoken. Most of these children come to school with limited ability in English. …
Language and Learning
Educating Linguistically Diverse Students
Häftad, 1994
402 kr
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This book explores the challenges of teaching an increasingly multilingual and multicultural American school population. Six million American children-one in eight-live in homes where a language other than English is spoken. Most of these children come to school with limited ability in English. …
Practicing What We Teach
Confronting Diversity in Teacher Education
Häftad, 1995
411 kr
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Provides new teachers with concepts and pedagogical strategies designed to enhance the unique and individual characteristics of an increasingly diverse student population.Focusing on the efforts of teacher educators struggling to meaningfully address issues of race, class, and gender in their …
Global Convulsions
Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism at the End of the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 1997
422 kr
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Addresses issues concerning race, ethnicity, and nationlism in both their domestic and international dimension.Global Convulsions affords the reader an array of observations, data, and insights pertaining to both local and global events around the issues of race, ethnicity and nationalism at the …
Cooperative Learning in Context
An Educational Innovation in Everyday Classrooms
Av Evelyn Jacob
Häftad, 1999
382 kr
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Explains why powerful educational innovations like "cooperative learning" do not always reach their full potential in everyday classrooms.Cooperative Learning in Context examines the real-world implications of cooperative learning techniques used in a culturally diverse, suburban elementary school …
Subtractive Schooling
U.S. - Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring
Inbunden, 1999
1080 kr
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Provides an enhanced sense of what's required to genuinely care for and educate the U.S.–Mexican youth in America.Winner of the 2000 Outstanding Book Award presented by the American Educational Research Association Winner of the 2001 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award …
Navigators
African American Musicians, Dancers, and Visual Artists in Academe
Inbunden, 1999
1144 kr
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Through excerpts and profiles, this inspiring book presents the experiences of twelve African American artists who teach at traditionally White colleges and universities.Navigators vividly brings to life the stories of twelve African American artists who teach music, dance, and visual arts at …
Navigators
African American Musicians, Dancers, and Visual Artists in Academe
Häftad, 1999
405 kr
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Through excerpts and profiles, this inspiring book presents the experiences of twelve African American artists who teach at traditionally White colleges and universities.Navigators vividly brings to life the stories of twelve African American artists who teach music, dance, and visual arts at …
Women's Agency and Educational Policy
The Experiences of the Women of Kilome, Kenya
Av mutindi mumbua kiluva-ndunda
Häftad, 2000
390 kr
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Highlights the struggles of a group of women from rural Kenya to provide educational opportunities for their children.This fascinating book examines rural African women's experiences of education in Kilome, Kenya, providing engrossing, and oftentimes heartbreaking, testimony on the cultural, …
Double Jeopardy
Addressing Gender Equity in Special Education
Av Harilyn Rousso, Michael L. Wehmeyer
Inbunden, 2001
1080 kr
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Enables teachers and other school personnel working with students with disabilities to provide a gender equitable educational experience.2002 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Highlighting the educational issues of girls and young women with disabilities, Double Jeopardy examines how they are …
Double Jeopardy
Addressing Gender Equity in Special Education
Av Harilyn Rousso, Michael L. Wehmeyer
Häftad, 2001
415 kr
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Enables teachers and other school personnel working with students with disabilities to provide a gender equitable educational experience.2002 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Highlighting the educational issues of girls and young women with disabilities, Double Jeopardy examines how they are …
African-Centered Pedagogy
Developing Schools of Achievement for African American Children
Inbunden, 2002
1080 kr
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Integrates the historical, cultural, political, and developmental considerations of the African American experience into a theory for the educational achievement of African American children.What can teachers, administrators, families, and communities do to create schools that provide rich learning …
African-Centered Pedagogy
Developing Schools of Achievement for African American Children
Häftad, 2002
390 kr
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Integrates the historical, cultural, political, and developmental considerations of the African American experience into a theory for the educational achievement of African American children.What can teachers, administrators, families, and communities do to create schools that provide rich learning …
Anti-Racist Scholarship
An Advocacy
Inbunden, 2002
1080 kr
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Offers discussion and examples of how white scholars can use anti-racist scholarship as part of the long-term civil rights struggle to create real equality in the United States.Most would agree that racism is a moral and spiritual violation of the human spirit and the human community and one of the …
