Multicultural Education Books

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21. Critical Pedagogy and Social Change

    Critical Analysis on the Language of Possibility

    By Seehwa Cho

    Series: Critical Social Thought

    At its core, the main goal of critical pedagogy is deceptively simple—to construct schools and education as agents of change. While noble and ambitious, it is not always realistic in a climate of increased commodification, privatization of schooling, and canned curriculum. By assuming rather than...

    Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge
22. Immigration, Diversity, and Education

    Edited by Elena L. Grigorenko, Ruby Takanishi

    This edited volume presents an overview of research and policy issues pertaining to children from birth to 10 who are first- and second-generation immigrants to the U.S., as well as native-born children of immigrants. The contributors offer interdisciplinary perspectives on recent developments and...

    Published October 1st 2012 by Routledge
23. Youth Studies

    An Introduction

    By Andy Furlong

    Youth Studies: an introduction is a clear, jargon-free and accessible textbook which will be invaluable in helping to explain concepts, theories and trends within youth studies. The concise summaries of key texts and the ideas of important theorists make the book an invaluable resource. The book...

    Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
24. Strong and Smart – Towards a Pedagogy for Emancipation

    Education for First Peoples

    By Chris Sarra

    Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education

    Strong and Smart – Towards a Pedagogy for Emancipation tells the story of how Dr Chris Sarra overcame low expectations for his future to become an educator who has sought to change the tide of low expectations for other Indigenous students. The book draws upon Roy Bhaskar’s theory of Critical...

    Published August 24th 2012 by Routledge
25. Manufacturing Citizenship

    Education and Nationalism in Europe, South Asia and China

    Edited by Veronique Benei

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    In recent years citizenship has emerged as a very important topic in the sciences, mainly as a result of the effects of migration, population displacements and cultural heterogeneity. This book focuses on educational enterprise and how it affects national ambitions, cultural preferences and...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
26. Practice What You Teach

    Social Justice Education in the Classroom and the Streets

    By Bree Picower

    Series: Teaching/Learning Social Justice

    Many teachers enter the profession with a desire to "make a difference." But given who most teachers are, where they come from, and what pressure they feel to comply with existing school policies, how can they take up this charge? Practice What You Teach follows three different groups of educators...

    Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
27. Participation, Facilitation, and Mediation

    Children and Young People in Their Social Contexts

    Edited by Claudio Baraldi, Vittorio Iervese

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Traditionally, children have been considered from a primarily developmental perspective, in need of education in order to achieve autonomy, growth, and eventually adulthood. Childhood studies have recently underlined an alternate way to look at children, starting from the consideration that...

    Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
28. Unlikely Allies in the Academy

    Women of Color and White Women in Conversation

    Edited by Karen L. Dace

    Unlikely Allies in the Academy brings the voices of women of Color and White women together for much-overdue conversations about race. These well-known contributors use narrative to expose their stories, which are at times messy and always candid. However, the contributors work through the...

    Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
29. Adolescent Literacies in a Multicultural Context

    Edited by Alister Cumming

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This book presents results from a four-year project addressing the central question: What factors, challenges, and contexts contribute to and constrain literacy achievement among at-risk adolescent learners with culturally diverse backgrounds? Researchers consider the importance of several,...

    Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
30. Cultural Exclusion in China

    State Education, Social Mobility and Cultural Difference

    By Lin Yi

    Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

    Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country’s land area. Poverty and economic inequality of minority groups are widely-recognised problems. However, as this...

    Published March 13th 2012 by Routledge