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Irizarry, Jason G. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2009
This article explores youth participatory action research as a promising instructional practice with the potential to reverse the depoliticizing and "softening" of multicultural education. It demonstrates how, with its explicit commitment to action, youth participatory action research can help to improve the educational experiences and…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Action Research, Educational Experience, Teaching Methods
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Raudenbush, Stephen W. – Educational Researcher, 2009
The gap between Blacks and Whites in educational outcomes has narrowed dramatically over the past 60 years, but progress stopped around 1990. The author reviews research suggesting that increasing the quantity and quality of schooling can play a powerful role in overcoming racial inequality. To achieve that goal, he reasons, our knowledge of best…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, School Organization, Educational Change
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Brooker-Gross, Susan R. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1991
Presents a case study using a novel to teach of racial, gender, and class bias. Urges use of fiction in teaching geography as a way of introducing students to the ambiance of time and place. Stresses ability of fiction to hold students' interest. Explains that small groups of students research the geography of the novels. (DK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Human Geography