Multicultural Education   Tags: education, educational equity, multicultural education  

This reference focuses on books that deal with multicultural themes or diverse experiences. Chapters include: Identity, Self-Image, and Learning; Families, Friends, and Neighborhoods; Traditions--Food, Art, Poetry, Music, and Celebrations; Traditions--Folktales; Exploring the Past in Diverse Communities; Knowing Today's World; Parent-Child Book Discussion Groups; and Literature Circles.

Leads to 50 great books, plus advice from top educators, writers, and illustrators on how to spot literature that transcends stereotypes.

A list of multicultural readings classified for grades K-12. This site is composed by author Cynthia Leitich Smith and includes books based on ethnic, religious, regional, and international communities.

Contains hundreds of links for teachers as well as indexes of multicultural children's books. A very useful site. This site also contains forums which allow educators to share information.

This bibliography offers resources to assist educators in introducing their students to various cultures.

This site recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history. It promotes awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing.

Biographical sketches of selected Jewish persons and the contributions they made in America from colonial times to 1900.

Biographical sketches of American Jewish men and women in many different professions. These sketches outline their achievements from 1900 to World War II.

Biographical sketches of Jewish persons, including military personnel, political figures, artists, athletes, and representatives of film, theatre, and television.

Focus is to help explicate the meanings and perspectives of various terms that are used in multicultural education. It addresses both the literal meaning of the words and terms as well as the conceptual meanings and exemplars that help create those meanings. No biographical entries are included in this volume.

The link opens to an alphabetical index of terms within a racial, ethnic, and cultural context. The definitions are based on an interdisciplinary, multicultural perspective.

The link opens to an index of Headings (encompassing several ideas, events, and topics) initially listing various areas of interest, then delineating alphabetically. Additional tabs specify People, Locations, and Images, all of which "shape our cultural conversation."

The link opens to an alphabetical index of cultural topics. It also offers an Introduction to cultural studies and to the dictionary. A search box allows user to type in a word that may be found within a topic heading.

A comprehensive reference tool for researchers, teachers, scholars, students, and laypersons who are seeking information under a single cover about significant issues, policies, historical events, laws, theories, organizations, institutions, and people relating to the education of African-Americans in the United States.

This encyclopedia contains over 400 entries, including events, court cases, and people that had an effect on a multicultural aspect of education. A bibliography is included for additional resources.

"This volume places the issues facing the world regarding Black people and their education in a robust political, economic, social, historical, and cultural context so that all readers can begin to see the scope of the project and why current legislative and local state reforms cannot truly address the problems. However, this is not a volume without hope. It moves beyond problem identification and toward solutions."

This handbook views education policy research and globalisation as “dynamic and multi-faceted processes” through a multiple-perspective approach. Coming from diverse backgrounds, the authors “provide a worldview of significant developments in education and policy research.”

This handbook begins by answering the following pertinent question: Why focus on girls’ education? Continued discussion includes “A Holistic Approach to Girls’ Education” and “Creating a Girl-Friendly Learning Environment”.