Multicultural Education 04/05

UNIT 1. The Social Contexts of Multicultural Education 1. Captured Images, Darryl Bloom and Alicia I. Jenks, Teaching Tolerance , Fall 2002 The authors provide an insightful case study of how one Vermont artist portrays what it was like to be a slave. The project involved school children in the fifth grade. 2. Five Things You Should Know About Poverty Around the World, Habitat World , June/July 2003 This is a brief statement by the United Nations Children's Fund on the conditions of poverty around the world. It is brief and informative, and it contributes to our comprehension of the reality of human suffering. 3. Five Things You Should Know About Poverty in the United States, Habitat World , April/May 2003 The editors of Habitat World have put together, from different sources, five things we need to know about poverty in the United States. It is a brief but important report. 4. Unity Despite Differences, Milana McLead, Habitat World , February/March 2003 This is a moving, brief statement on the ongoing struggle to achieve social unity by humanitarian means. Building houses does more than just help families in need ; it can help to build a better world. 5. When I Was Young, John Fetto, American Demographics , April 2003 Author John Fetto reflects on extraordinary challenges presented by changes in American population statistics between 1950 and the present. He notes that more Americans are going to school and they are staying in school longer. The demographic information in this report helps reveal the current social contexts of American education. 6. Beyond Brown : The New Wave of Desegregation Litigation, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Educational Leadership , December 2001/January 2002 Spirited litigation regarding school desegregation issues has proceeded in the federal courts recently. This is a brief review of federal court desegregation decisions since the historic Brown case of 1954. The author provides a synthesis of the effects of desegregation efforts in American public schools. UNIT 2. Teacher Education in Multicultural Perspective 7. Program Ownership and the "Transformative Agenda" in Colleges of Education: Teachers of Teachers Working Towards a More Equitable Society, Suzanne MacDonald, Susan Colville-Hall, and Lynn Smolen, Multicultural Education , Summer 2003 This is an excellent appraisal of the challenges facing colleges of education as they attempt to prepare students to teach in multicultural classrooms. It is an important contribution to the literature on teacher education. 8. The Multiple Meanings of Multicultural Teacher Education: A Conceptual Framework, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Teacher Education Quarterly , Spring 2003 Marilyn Cochran-Smith offers a conceptual framework from which to develop multicultural teacher education programming. In doing so, she attempts to explicate the multiple, and sometimes conflicting, ways in which "multicultural" teacher preparation is conceived. Issues concerning ideological perspectives as they relate to the struggle for social justice are explored. 9. Toward Teaching and Learning About Pluralism: Our Missteps and Next Steps, Ronald S. Byrnes and Kyle D. ShaSchultz, Fred is the author of 'Multicultural Education 04/05', published 2003 under ISBN 9780072874372 and ISBN 0072874376.