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Language, Culture, and Teaching

Critical Perspectives for a New Century, Second Edition

• By Sonia Nieto

• Price: $39.95
• Binding: Paperback
• Pages: 320
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1st August 2001
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3738-4

Table of Contents

Contents: Series Editor's Foreword. Preface. Beginnings: Language, Literacy, and Culture: Intersections and Implications. Part I: Setting the Groundwork. Multicultural Education and School Reform. Cultural Difference and Educational Change in a Sociopolitical Context. We Speak in Many Tongues: Language Diversity and Multicultural Education. Part II: Identity and Belonging. On Becoming American: An Exploratory Essay. Lessons From Students on Creating a Chance to Dream. Writing for Real: Exploring and Affirming Students' Words and Worlds. Part III: Implications for the Preparation of Critical Teachers. Diversity: What Do Teachers Need to Know? Bringing Bilingual Education Out of the Basement and Other Imperatives for Teacher Education. Conflict and Tension, Growth and Change: The Politics of Teaching Multicultural Education Courses. Part IV: Praxis in the Classroom. Affirmation, Solidarity, and Critique: Moving Beyond Tolerance in Multicultural Education. What Does It Mean to Affirm Diversity in Our Nation's Schools?