Title Cultural diversity in schools : from rhetoric to practice / edited by Robert A. Devillar, Christian J. Faltis, James P. Cummins

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 401 pages) : illustrations Contents Reconciling cultural diversity and quality schooling : paradigmatic elements of a socioacademic framework / Robert A. Devillar and Christian J. Faltis -- Rhetoric and practice of cultural diversity in U.S. schools : socialization, resocialization, and quality schooling / Robert A. DeVillar -- Cooperative learning in the culturally diverse classroom / David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson -- Building bridges for the future : anthropological contributions to diversity and classroom practices / Steven F. Arvizu Responding successfully to cultural diversity in our schools : the teacher connection / Robert D. Milk -- Mentoring, peer coaching, and support systems for first-year minority/bilingual teachers / Margarita Calderon -- Cooperative learning for language-minority students / Richard P. Duran -- Influences of L1 writing proficiency on L2 writing proficiency / Robert S. Carlisle -- Promoting positive cross-cultural attitudes and perceived competence in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms / Kathryn J. Lindholm Managing behavior in the culturally diverse classroom / Saundra Scott Sparling -- Effectiveness of bilingual education : a comparison of various approaches in an elementary school district / Linda Gonzales -- Communicative computer environment for the acquisition of ESL / Nidia Gonzalez-Edfeldt -- Bilingual team-teaching partnerships over long distances : a technology-mediated context for intragroup language attitude change / Dennis Sayers Teaching teachers about computers and collaborative problem-solving / Howard Budin -- Pedagogical and research uses of computer-mediated conferencing / Armando A. Arias, Jr., and Beryl Bellman -- Socioacademic achievement model in the context of coercive and collaborative relations of power / Jim Cummins Summary Annotation Confronts the patterns of school failure often faced by minority groups in the US by presenting a socioacademic framework that is based on the notion that all groups can have comparable access to quality schooling, comparable participation in the schooling, and derive comparable educational benefits from their participation. Organized around three interrelated components--communication, integration, and cooperation--the volume combines theoretical concepts with actual classroom practices that support change. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Multicultural education -- United States Educational equalization -- United States Education -- Social aspects -- United States Classroom management -- United States Educational technology -- United States EDUCATION -- Multicultural Education. Classroom management Education -- Social aspects Educational equalization Educational technology Multicultural education United States Form Electronic book Author DeVillar, Robert A. Faltis, Christian, 1950- Cummins, Jim, 1949- LC no. 93024309 ISBN 0585075743 9780585075747 9780791416730 0791416739 9780791416747 0791416747

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