Multicultural Education category: 1336 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
An essential component of good practice in physical education is ensuring inclusivity for all pupils, regardless of need, ability or background. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Equity and Inclusion in Physical Education fully explores the theoretical and practical issues faced by physical...
Black Education
A Transformative Research and Action Agenda for the New Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
This volume presents the findings and recommendations of the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Commission on Research in Black Education (CORIBE) and offers new directions for research and practice. By commissioning an independent group of scholars of diverse perspectives and voices...
Americans by Heart
Undocumented Latino Students and the Promise of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Americans by Heart examines the plight of undocumented Latino students as they navigate the educational and legal tightrope presented by their immigration status. Many of these students are accepted to attend some of our best colleges and universities but cannot afford the tuition to do so because...
Philosophies of Islamic Education
Historical Perspectives and Emerging Discourses
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The study of Islamic education has hitherto remained a tangential inquiry in the broader focus of Islamic Studies. In the wake of this neglect, a renaissance of sorts has occurred in recent years, reconfiguring the importance of Islam’s attitudes to knowledge, learning and education as paramount...
Contextualizing Inclusive Education
Evaluating Old and New International Paradigms
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2005
Inclusive education is a complex and problematic concept that raises many questions. A team of prominent academics present fresh and critical perspectives on these issues, drawing upon their global resources and knowledge.
The over-arching theme of this book is that social, political, economic...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Although W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the most significant educational thinkers of the twentieth century, many are still unaware of his relevance in this field. DuBois on Education corrects this oversight by collecting Du Bois's major writings on education in one volume. Together these selections powerfully...
Global Education Policy and International Development
New Agendas, Issues and Policies
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Exploring the interplay between globalization, education and international development, this comprehensive introduction surveys the impact of global education policies on local policy in developing countries. With chapters written by leading international scholars in the field, drawing on a full range...
Music Education in the Caribbean and Latin America
A Comprehensive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Music Education in the Caribbean and Latin America: A Comprehensive Guide, features music education from twenty of the most important Latin American countries and Caribbean islands. The islands and countries represented are:
Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, México, Nicaragua...
Education
Ontario's Preoccupation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1972
Education: Ontario's Preoccupation, a companion to the author's seven-volume series, ONTARIO'S EDUCATIVE SOCIETY, reviews the main highlights of educational development in Ontario, concentrating on interpretation rather than statistics. Written for everyone seriously interested in education, whether...
Re-Evaluating Education in Japan and Korea
De-mystifying Stereotypes
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world. Understandably, this has attracted many policymakers and researchers seeking to emulate this success, but...
Culturally Responsive Education
Reflections from the Global South and North
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Culturally Responsive Education: Reflections from the Global South and North examines culturally responsive education’s contribution to sustainable development and explores ways in which educational practitioners respond to cultures in and around educational contexts.
This book argues that...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
As countries become increasingly interdependent, student populations in the United States are becoming more culturally diverse. These students’ transnational perspectives present significant challenges to teachers, but a disconnect exists between the skills teachers need and those provided to them...
Early Childhood Education for Muslim Children
Rationales and practices in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Early Childhood Education for Muslim Children foregrounds the marginalised perspective of Muslim children aged three to five and examines how they are cared for and educated in centre-based provision in two provinces in post-apartheid South Africa. Both theological and social science perspectives...
Enhancing Quality in Transnational Higher Education
Experiences of Teaching and Learning in Australian Offshore Programs
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Enhancing Quality in Transnational Higher Education explores issues and questions concerning the provision of quality teaching and learning in university programs delivered ‘offshore’. The focus of the book is on what makes for a good and successful education in the context of transnational programs...