Casebook for Exploring Diversity, A - Tapa blanda

Reseña del editor

A Casebook for Exploring Diversityfocuses on the wealth of multicultural and diversity issues faced by today's teachers. Its authentic cases offer opportunities for analysis on several levels and are sufficiently complex so as to invite multiple interpretations. They present examples of everyday situations involving gender, ethnicity, race, religion, language, affectional orientation, socioeconomic status, parents, and community...even technology. The cases involve classroom issues that are relevant to all grade levels and all content areas, allowing instructors significant flexibility in theiruse.

Contraportada

With the increasing diversity in today’s schools, A Casebook for Exploring Diversity is an excellent supplemental text for pre-service teachers in multicultural, inclusive, or urban education courses, as well as for in-service teachers and participants in professional development workshops. Its 37 real-life case studies represent scenarios that could occur in any school–urban, suburban, or rural–and at any grade level. They address the topics of gender, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, religion, special needs, sexual orientation, language, and ageism. Each case study, followed by questions and activities, will help you develop important social and cross-cultural skills, better understand your students, and broaden your understanding of diversity issues in a classroom setting.

New to This Edition

• NEW! Definition and discussion of multicultural education and the theoretical orientation undergirding the authors’ case approach appears in Chapter One.
• Revised introductions now highlight the research and/or best practices relevant to chapter cases and the work of prominent multicultural scholars.
• New cases added under topics: sexual orientation, exceptionality, and religion.
• Additional topics, including transgendered students, autism, teen pregnancy, hip hop culture, atheism, and students of mixed race, have beenembedded within cases.
• Expanded set of guidelines included for analyzing the cases.
• Expanded glossary of terms and concepts covers thirty additional terms commonly used in discussions of case issues.
• Revision of Questions for Reflection and Activities for Extending Thinking sections throughout the book.
• Updated bibliographies present many current print and electronic resources.