Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives

Multicultural Education is a reader for educators that consists of articles written by the top scholars in the field. It helps them understand the concepts, paradigms, and explanations needed to become more effective practitioners in culturally, racially and language diverse classrooms. Each chapter now incorporates new theoretical, conceptual, and research developments in the field. A new chapter focuses on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues. Every statistical table, figure, and chart has also been updated to present the most current information. Educators will gain insight that they’ll be able to apply in the classroom.

• Cultural Competence: A Primer for Educators
• Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement
• How Children Succeed
• Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
• How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
• The Inclusive Education Checklist: A Self-Assessment of Best Practices
• Ancestral Places: Understanding Kanaka Geographies (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies)
• Place- and Community-Based Education in Schools (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)
• The Genius in All of Us: New Insights into Genetics, Talent, and IQ
• State of Emergency