The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities: Tenth Anniversary Edition

by Sonia Nieto

Book Overview

In this 10th Anniversary Edition of her popular text, Sonia Nieto reviews where we have been and where we should be going in our pursuit of creating multicultural learning communities in our schools. With a new Introductory Chapter and a new Epilogue, Nieto addresses some of the changes we have experienced during the past decade that help explain the current sociopolitical environment--our increasing diversity, the altering conditions in schools...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807750549
• ISBN13: 9780807750544
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful treatise

Wonderful treatise on the importance of educators having the courage to infuse creativity in the classroom in spite of the limitations of the so-called standards movement.

Light in their eyes

Excellent. Nieto has great insights into issues on diversity, teaching and learning.

a must read for educators!

sonia nieto does an extraordinary job of conveying not only the notion of multiculturalism, but also the understanding of what it takes to teach in a multicultural arena. nieto accurately describes the learning process as a reciprocal process between students and teachers, and students as teachers. nieto discusses the notion of "culture" as a verb, which i think is quite appropriate. the use of personal narratives, as well as her own experience as an educator in poor, urban areas, was very insightful and uplifting. one thing that struck me as prophetic, while seemingly obvious, was her statement "in order to become a multicultural teacher you must first be a multicultural person." well said. and well written.

AN IMPORTANT BOOK!

In this book, Sonia Nieto clearly makes known to the reader a thorough understanding of what it takes to teach in multicultural contexts. It is very rare for me to be so attached to a book that is embedded heavily in research and educational theories, without putting it down for a few days. Nieto was able to hold my attention with easy, readable language and personal narratives of other teachers, in addition to her own experiences as a Puerto Rican educator. In my opinion, Sonia Nieto demonstrates her ability as a leading theorist in the field of multicultural education and critical pedagogy in this text that is presented with wonderful clarity and expertise. If I were ever in a position to teach a college course on multicultural education, I would definitely select this book as required reading, an excellent choice for a textbook in multicultural education.

An Excellent Text for Multicultural Education

I elected to read this book, The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities, because I was interested in this particular author's work for my dissertation on Puerto Rican identity and literature. I was searching for material that would support my theoretical framework and rationale. In this book, Sonia Nieto clearly makes known to the reader a thorough understanding of what it takes to teach in multicultural contexts. It is very rare for me to be so attached to a book that is embedded heavily in research and educational theories, without putting it down for a few days. Nieto was able to hold my attention with easy, readable language and personal narratives of other teachers, in addition to her own experiences as a Puerto Rican educator. In my opinion, Sonia Nieto demonstrates her ability as a leading theorist in the field of multicultural education and critical pedagogy in this text that is presented with wonderful clarity and expertise. If I were ever in a position to teach a college course on multicultural education, I would definitely select this book as required reading, an excellent choice for a textbook in multicultural education.