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Teaching the Whole Child: The Importance of Culturally Responsiveness, Community Engagement, and Character Development in High Achieving African American Students
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Wiggan, Greg; Watson, Marcia J. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2016
Current research on African American education is saturated with studies on school failure (Collins 2003; Glasser 1969; Irvine 1990; Kozol 2005; MacLeod 1995; Neckerman 2007; Walker and Sprague 1999), rather than investigations that address the processes that "mediate" failure and create success (Bell 2001; Chenoweth 2007, 2009;…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, African American Students, Educational Change, Multicultural Education
Multicultural and Diversity Education: A Reference Handbook. Contemporary Education Issues.
Appelbaum, Peter – 2002
"Multicultural and Diversity Education," is a comprehensive reference guide to the latest trends and developments in the field. It covers wide-ranging developments in philosophy and policy through practical applications, and includes recent trends in critical multiculturalism, whiteness studies, postmodern theories of identity and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Cultural Pluralism
Building Bridges: Creating and Sustaining Viable Multicultural Communities. Reports, Reflections, and Related Work: A Compilation from a Convening of Grantees (Queenstown, Maryland, December 1993).
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Moultrie, Lisa, Ed.; Regelbrugge, Laurie, Ed. – 1994
Hitachi grantees promote social responsibility through efforts supporting effective participation in a global society. Meeting participants explored issues in global and multicultural education and in community development. Among the contents of this compilation are pre-meeting reflections on cultural change and developing multiculturalism…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement
Changing American Education. Recapturing the Past or Inventing the Future?
Borman, Kathryn M., Ed.; Greenman, Nancy P., Ed. – 1994
This book examines the nature of comprehensive, large scale historical and social changes that contextualize educational reform, and it amplifies the meaning of lessons learned by those who have assisted in change efforts. It also examines how the rhetoric of educational change may fall short of the reality, as translated to processes and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Certification, Community Involvement, Cultural Pluralism
The Education North Evaluation Project. Final Report.
Ingram, E. J.; McIntosh, R. G. – 1983
The Education North Evaluation Project monitored operation of the Education North Project (a 1978-82 project aimed at encouraging parents, teachers, and other community members in small, isolated northern Alberta communities to work together in improving the quality of education for school-aged children), assessed project outcomes, and developed…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Unity in Diversity: Multicultural Education in Australia.
Falk, Barbara, Ed.; Harris, Joy, Ed. – 1983
Papers presented at two institutes held in Australia to discuss multicultural education are presented. Topics discussed include demographic background of Australia, principles of Australian pluralism, problems and issues for teachers making decisions on curriculum, the educational experience of children of migrant origin, the objectives and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Comparative Education