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Becoming a Multicultural Educator
Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action
Third Edition
- William A. Howe - Albertus Magnus College
- Penelope L. Lisi - Central Connecticut State University, USA
January 2019 | 472 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Providing an essential foundation for teachers-in-training and veteran educators, Becoming a Multicultural Educator: Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action focuses on the development and application of research-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment strategies for multicultural education in PK–12 classrooms. Award-winning authors William A. Howe and Penelope L. Lisi bring theory and research to life through numerous exercises, case studies, reflective experiences, and lesson plans designed to heighten readers’ cultural awareness, knowledge base, and skill set. Responding to the growing need to increase academic achievement and to prepare teachers to work with diverse populations of students, the fully updated Third Edition is packed with new activities and exercises to illustrate concepts readers can apply within their future classrooms and school-wide settings. With the support of this practical and highly readable book, students will be prepared to teach in culturally responsive ways, develop a critical understanding of culture and its powerful influence on teaching and learning, and feel empowered to confront and address timely issues.
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Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Exercises
About the Authors
Section I: Background
Chapter 1: Multicultural Education: History, Theory, and Evolution
Chapter 2: Becoming a Multicultural Educator: A Four-Step Model
Section II: Knowledge
Chapter 3: Historical Perspectives on a Multicultural America
Chapter 4: Foundational Knowledge for Culturally Responsive Teaching
Section III: Awareness
Chapter 5: Understanding Cultural Identities and Their Influence on Teaching and Learning
Chapter 6: Developing Awareness of All Humans as Cultural Beings
Section IV: Skills
Chapter 7: Curriculum Development and Lesson Planning
Chapter 8: Instructional Approaches Needed by Multicultural Educators
Chapter 9: Developing Skills in Teaching Language and Understanding Linguistic Diversity
Chapter 10: Assessment That Is Culturally Responsive
Section V: Action
Chapter 11: Creating the Multicultural Classroom
Chapter 12: Creating the Multicultural School
Appendix: The Vital Multicultural Classroom: Resources, Organizations, and Associations
Glossary
References
Index
Supplements
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“Great book for most facets of multicultural education because it includes an equal balance of theoretical information on multicultural education as well as instructional methodology."
Valparaiso University
“Accessible, a primer for those interested in learning about multicultural education."
Niagara University
"Becoming a Multicultural Educator puts student diversity and multicultural teaching at the center with clear coverage of important ideas, including theory and research. The authors are dedicated teacher and scholars!”
California State University, San Bernardino
"Research based; usable for students with ESL backgrounds; strong focus on diversity in a classroom and attitudes on diversity; good case studies provided on challenging topics."
University of Rochester
"Becoming a Multicultural Educator does a great job with incorporating real classroom applications to the discussion of diversity.”
Georgia State University, Perimeter
Great book with excellent resources. I only wish it had more in-depth discussions on gender and sexuality.
Schl of Teacher Ed & Leadership, Utah State University
February 19, 2020