Multicultural Teaching: A Handbook of Activities, Information, and Resources

by Pamela L. Tiedt and Iris M. Tiedt

This textbook offers guidance and advice to K-8 teachers in providing a multicultural education to students in the United States. Chapters look at the reasons for multicultural education; ways to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205346634
• ISBN13: 9780205346639
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 425 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Lonely bird

The book has good pooints in the fact that it does what most have not done, i.e., it has highlighted the diversity and chances of accommodation among races, cultures, and textures. There is a need for more books of this kind. The contents of the book tell alot. To the Reader Pt. I Multicultural Education: A Framework 1 1 How Can We Best Educate Children in Our Multiculture Today? 3 2 How Do We Teach Multiculturally? 39 3 How Can We Individualize Multicultural Instruction? 75 4 How Can We Infuse Multicultural Concepts into the Total Curriculum? 113 Pt. II Multicultural Education: Teaching Activities and Information 153 5 Who Are We? 155 6 Where Do We Belong? 195 7 Why Do We Need Others? 247 8 What Languages Do We Speak? 297 9 How Do We "Celebrate" Multiculturalism? 345 Pt. III Multicultural Education: Personal and Professional Growth 405 10 How Can We Continue to Expand Our Knowledge Base? 407 Index 419 This book has a major orientation towards the American Mosaic. People who look for Canadian content, will have to look elsewhere: Multicultural Information Resources. A Guide to Metropolitan Toronto Heller, Laura. Toronto Cross Cultural Communication Centre c1987