| Description |
xvii, 295 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Language, culture, and teaching |
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Language, culture, and teaching.
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| Contents |
1. Multicultural Education and School Reform -- 2. Cultural Difference and Educational Change in a Sociopolitical Context -- 3. We Speak in Many Tongues: Language Diversity and Multicultural Education -- 4. On Becoming American: An Exploratory Essay -- 5. Lessons From Students on Creating a Chance to Dream -- 6. Writing for Real: Exploring and Affirming Students' Words and Worlds -- 7. Diversity: What Do Teachers Need to Know? -- 8. Bringing Bilingual Education Out of the Basement and Other Imperatives for Teacher Education -- 9. Conflict and Tension, Growth and Change: The Politics of Teaching Multicultural Education Courses -- 10. Affirmation, Solidarity, and Critique: Moving Beyond Tolerance in Multicultural Education -- 11. What Does It Mean to Affirm Diversity in Our Nation's Schools? |
| Analysis |
Cultural awareness |
| Notes |
Series editor: Sonia Nieto |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Multicultural education -- United States.
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Minorities -- Education -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2001041795 |
| ISBN |
0805837388 paperback alkaline paper |
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