Multicultural Education

In this introductory text the authors look closely at widely held assumptions about ‘race’ and schooling in Britain, and evaluate the role of the school in a multi-ethnic society. Focusing on contemporary issues and concerns, they consider such controversial questions as: Is the education system rig..

Originally published in 1988. This book presents an account of some of the challenges to society involved in multicultural education, together with recent empirical evidence concerning the educational attainments of pupils of Afro-Caribbean, Asian and British origins...

Presents research on effective instructional programs for Latino students in elementary & secondary school in the US. Chapters represent a broad range of methodologies, from experimental to correlational to descriptive, & a range of research-base program..

Fazal Rizvi is renowned internationally for his research and teaching in a number of academic areas including racism, multicultural education, models of educational policy research, and theories of globalisation and contemporary youth cultures. In Encountering Education in the Global, Fazal Rizvi br..

Engaging in Social Partnerships helps practitioners advance democratic engagement by creating spaces where institutions of higher education, community groups, and other organizations can come together. This important book prepares higher education professionals to become reflective practitioners whi..

This book—for teachers, teacher educators, school and district administrators, policy makers, and researchers who want to know about literacy, cultural diversity, and students who speak little or no English—offers a rich picture of the incred..

This research based book-a response to the new sci educ standards & reforms, the goal of which is to promote sci. literacy for ALL-makes a case for equity in sci educ, backed by pertinent literature, including NSF data & "stories from schools & classroom..

This edited collection brings together an interdisiplinary group of scholars of color to critically examine what it is like to explore race in predominantly white classrooms...

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Brings together seminal articles by the Spindlers-widely regarded as the founders of educational anthropology-and binds them together with a master commentary by George Spindler. Presents a unified view of the Spindlers' work & development of the field...

Drawing from both Vygotskian and neo-sociocultural perspectives in designing a methodology that views the everyday practices of language and action as constructing knowledge, the funds of knowledge approach facilitates a systematic and powerful way to re..