Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society & Exploring Diversity Package, 7/E
Donna M. Gollnick, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Philip C. Chinn

Price: $88


This text explores diversity through seven micro-cultures, including: class, ethnicity and race, gender, exceptionality, religion, language, and age--and the impact of these cultures on learning in K-12 classrooms. The Seventh Edition of this text further emphasizes the need to engage students in exploring diversity through self-reflection, application, and to see culturally responsive classrooms in action.




SELF-REFLECTION OPPORTUNITIES



Critical Incidents feature introduces readers to real-life or hypothetical school or classroom scenarios.
Provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their feelings, attitudes, and possible actions or reactions to each real-life or hypothetical school or classroom scenario.
Pause to Reflect feature includes questions and activities to promote self-awareness and ownership of past experiences
Readers connect personally with chapter content and how they can influence current and future teaching practice in a diverse classroom.
OTHER HALLMARKS OF THIS PACKAGE

A Companion Website: www.prenhall.com/gollnick—Includes chapter summaries, self-quizzes, and project activities for Responding to Hate, that enhance the book's content while also integrating technology, web links, a message board, a chat room, and essay modules.
Extends the content of the text to a multimedia environment.
Performance Assessments and Scoring Rubrics, located in the Exploring Diversity: A Video Case Approach booklet are tied to INTASC Standards.
Provides readers with practical tools to use in their future classrooms and to help them meet their professional requirements.




SELF-REFLECTION OPPORTUNITIES



NEW! Opportunity for Reflection Margin Note indicates questions located within the narrative
Encourages readers to stop and think critically about chapter content, connect it to their own past experiences or the experiences of others around them, and then consider how this might shape their practice.


APPLICATION OPPORTUNITIES



NEW! Portfolio Activities— Linked to INTASC standards and located at the end of every chapter.
These activities encourage readers to begin to think reflectively and begin to construct professional portfolio entries.
NEW! Focus Your Lens: Debate feature presents a controversial school issue with for and against statements for readers to consideration.
Questions following each feature ask readers to take a position or make an informed decision on a particular school issue. Provide opportunities for class discussion, reflection papers, or on-line reflections at www.prenhall.com/gollnick.


SEEING DIVERSITY IN ACTION



NEW! Explore Diversity feature directs you to the interactive Exploring Diversity: A Video Case Approach CD-ROM and accompanying activity guide that provide examples of culturally responsive teaching related to chapter content
Introduces readers to what a culturally responsive classroom looks like, as well as how to plan, teach, and foster a culturally responsive classroom while preparing them to meet the culturally responsive teaching requirements of the INTASC Standards.
NEW! ABC News Video Insights and DVD- Five new videos for a total of 18.
Introduce readers to real life issues that exist in schools today. Provides a synopsis of the accompanying video segment, along with thought-provoking questions that challenge readers to consider the real-life experiences presented.







Brief Table of Contents



Chapter 1 Foundations of multicultural Education



Chapter 2 Class



Chapter 3 Ethnicity and Race



Chapter 4 Gender



Chapter 5 Exceptionality



Chapter 6 Religion



Chapter 7 Language



Chapter 8 Age



Chapter 9 Education that is Multicultural



Are you prepared to teach in today’s diverse classrooms? The eighth edition of this well-respected text now provides you the ability to apply what you have learned regarding multicultural education. This edition also provides real classroom video to help you relate to, understand, and celebrate eight micro-cultures that you may encounter in your own future classrooms: ethnicity and race, class and socioeconomic status, gender and sexual orientation, exceptionality, language, religion, geography, and age.Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (with MyEducationLab), 8/E







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