Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society

Donna M. Gollnick, Philip C. Chinn (Autoren)

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464 Seiten

2008 | 8th edition
Pearson
978-0-13-613899-0 (ISBN)

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This respected text for courses in Multicultural or Multiethnic Education provides students the tools necessary to teach effectively in today’s diverse classrooms. “Pluralistic” is defined as having multiple aspects or parts. The classroom of today has students from multiple backgrounds, cultures, and races. Within those differing groups students have their own individual differences. Their home situations may be very different. They may be from a different social class. Each teacher also comes to the classroom with their own cultural background and past experiences that will effect how they will handle different situations. The goal of this book is to help students to apply what they have learned and in turn to prepare their students to live in our heterogeneous culture.

Eight micro-cultures that teachers may encounter in the classroom are examined in detail: They are:

·        Ethnicity and race

·        Class and socioeconomic status

·        Gender and sexual orientation

·        Exceptionality

·        Language

·        Religion

·        Geography

·        Age

Some of the features of the book are the ABC News Video Insights boxes that explore current issues in multicultural education today, Focus Your Cultural Lens Debates that ask the reader to take a position on controversial school issues with for and against statements to consider, and the Pause to Reflect feature which lists questions and activities to promote self-awareness and ownership of past experiences and how they may affect a teacher in the classroom.   The Critical Incidents feature gives both real and hypothetical situations that occur in schools and encourage the reader to examine their feelings about them.

Chapter 1    Foundations of Multicultural Education

                    Diversity in the Classroom

                    Mutlicultural Education

                    Culture

                    Cultural Identity

                    Pluralism in Society

                    Equality and Social Justice in a Democracy

Chapter 2    Ethnicity and Race

                    Ethnic and Racial Diversity

                    Civil Rights

                    Ethnicity

                    Race

                    Racism

Chapter 3    Class and Socioeconomic Status

                    Class Structure

                    Socioeconomic Status

                    Class Differences

                    Interaction of Class with Race and Ethnicity, Gender, and Age

Chapter 4    Gender and Sexual Orientation

                    Male and Female Differences

                    Gender Identity

                    Sexual Orientation

                    The Women's Movement

                    Sexism and Gender Discrimination

Chapter 5    Exceptionality

                    Students with Disabilities and Those Who Are Gifted and Talented

                    Litigation

                    Legislation

                    Exceptional Individuals and Society

                    Disproportionate Placement in Special Education

                    California Proposition 227 and Special Education

Chapter 6    Language

                    Language and Culture

                    The Nature of Language

                    Language Differences

                    Nonverbal Communication

Chapter 7    Religion

                    Religion and Culture

                    Religion as a Way of Life

                    Religious Pluralism in the United States

                    Interaction of Religion with Gender, Homosexuality, and Race

                    Individual Religious Identity

Chapter 8    Geography

                    Geography and Culture

                    Regional Diversity in the United States

                    Rural, Urban, and Suburban Areas

                    Migration

                    Globalization

Chapter 9    Age

                    Age and Culture

                    Childhood

                    Adolescence

                    Young Adulthood

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.4.2008
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 194 mm
Gewicht	718 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-13-613899-3 / 0136138993
ISBN-13	978-0-13-613899-0 / 9780136138990
Zustand	Neuware