I. Setting the stage: multicultural education within a sociopolitical context. 1. Understanding the sociopolitical context of schooling
Assumptions underlying this text
Defining the sociopolitical context of multicultural education
Qualitative research and choices in methodology
2. Defining multicultural education for school reform / Sonia Nieto
A definition of multicultural education
II. Developing a conceptual framework for multicultural education. 3. Racism, discrimination, and expectations of students' achievement
Racism and discrimination: definitions and dimensions
Expectations of students' achievement
The complex connections between diversity and discrimination
4. Structural and organizational issues in classrooms and schools
Climate and physical structure
The limited role of students
The limited role of teachers
Limited family and community involvement
5. Culture, identity, and learning
Hybridity: another way of understanding culture
Influence of culture on learning
Learning styles and preferences
Cultural discontinuities and school achievement
Culture-specific educational accommodations
A critical appraisal of culture-specific accommodations
6. Linguistic diversity in U.S. Classrooms
Definitions and demographics
A brief overview of the history of language diversity in U.S. Schools
Language diversity, the courts, and the law
Linguistic diversity and learning
Understanding language issues in a sociopolitical context
Approaches to teaching language minority students
Program models for teaching English language learners
7. Understanding student learning and school achievement
Economic and social reproduction
Cultural incompatibilities
Out-of-school factors (OSFs)
Resistance and the school-to-prison pipeline
Cultural-ecological theory: immigration, minorities, and "acting white"
Complicating theories of identities within school structures
III. Implications of diversity for teaching and learning in a multicultural society. 8. Learning from students
Redefining success and achievement
Pride and conflict in culture and language
Family, community, and school environments for success
9. Adapting curriculum for multicultural classrooms / Patty Bode
Curricular adaptation 1: a study of Cambodia and the Cambodian American experience
Curricular adaptation 2: expanding definitions of family
Curricular adaptation 3: gay and lesbian literature: expanding topics for inclusive high school content
10. Affirming diversity: implications for teachers, schools, families, and communities
Lessons from students: maintaining and affirming identity
Creating affirming environments for learning
Expanding definitions: what it means to be American
Levels of multicultural education
Notes to chapters and case studies.
