Author : Linda Susan Kahn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780824071387
Anthropologist Kahn tests the cultural-ecological theory of minority education, that the school performance of minorities will change to reflect changes in socio-economic, cultural, and political subordination. The data is from a neighborhood in Montreal in the early 1980s, and focuses on French-spe
Author : Michael R. Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 38,60 MB
Release : 2021-12-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000525597
First Published in 1997. This case study of a small independent parent-run program in Milwaukee's inner city, finds that several factors combine to make the school effective: parental involvement at all levels including governance; a clear and shared sense of mission; and a coherent Montessori curriculum that takes children from preschool through the third grade. The study employed data from several surveys of parents, teachers, interviews with participants, and observation over five years. Begun twenty-seven years ago by parents and community members alienated from dysfunctional public schools and still supported mostly by contributions, Highland today is one of only a dozen schools in the United States receiving some of its revenue under a voucher program that provides state funds to independent schools. After an overview of Highland's history, demographics, and measures of success, two chapters examine the school's commitment to diversity, nonviolence, child nurturance, and egalitarianism. Other chapters focus on how Highland involves its parents and how parents alone govern the school, analyze the role of Highland's trustees, and details the school's Montessori curriculum. The final chapter explores the possibility of applying some of Highland's lessons to public school curriculums.
Author : Mike Storry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 36,24 MB
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1136252215
In British Cultural Identities, Mike Storry and Peter Childs assess the degree to which being British impinges on the identity of the many people who live in Britain. They analyze contemporary British identity through the various and changing ways in which people who live in the UK position themselves and are positioned by their culture today. Using examples from contemporary and popular culture, each chapter covers one of seven intersecting themes: place and environment education, work and leisure gender, sex and the family youth culture and style class and politics ethnicity and language religion and heritage. This new edition is fully updated to include Britain's relationship with the wider world, changes in university education and testing in schools, the trend towards electronic entertainment and social networking, the new impact of 'class', and the culture of political leaking.
Author : John U. Ogbu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135609306
This book is the definitive and final presentation of John Ogbu’s cultural ecological model and the many debates that his work has sparked during the past decade. Organized as a dialogue between John Ogbu and the scholarly community, Minority Status, Oppositional Culture, and Schooling is essential reading for anyone interested in the study of the academic achievement gap
Author : Joyce Newman Giger
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 25,26 MB
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0443122911
Provide quality care for clients from culturally diverse backgrounds! Transcultural Nursing, 9th Edition shows you how to apply assessment and intervention strategies to individuals from a variety of different cultures. Based on Giger and Davidhizer's unique transcultural model, this text helps you deliver culturally sensitive care with use of the six key aspects of cultural assessment: communication, time, space, social organization, environmental control, and biologic variations. Practical, real-world coverage shows how an understanding of cultural variations and individual patient needs will help you promote safe and effective care. - UPDATED! Content throughout reflects the latest research and thinking related to transcultural nursing, as well as updated Census data. - UPDATED! Cultural chapters reflect the shifting experiences of cultural groups in our society. - NEW! Jamaican Americans chapter addresses the unique cultural and healthcare needs of this population. - UNIQUE! Individual chapters on the six key aspects of cultural assessment allow you to also apply the Transcultural Assessment Model to cultures not covered in the text. - Twenty-four chapters on specific cultural groups apply this assessment model to the clients most commonly encountered in United States healthcare settings. - Case studies and critical decision-making questions in each chapter help you apply the assessment framework in practice. - Client care plans in culture-specific chapters demonstrate how to apply principles to specific client needs. - Coverage includes information on biological differences among individuals of different racial groups; differences in drug interaction and metabolism specific to various ethnic groups; and clustering of certain pathologies in specific racial groups. - Discussions of spirituality throughout the text present a holistic approach to culture and beliefs that provides a more integrated approach to assessment. - Review questions in each chapter (with answers found in the back of the text) help reinforce knowledge.
Author : Melanie V. Buford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000602575
This timely book explores current trends and future possibilities for undergraduate career education, the nature of the changing workplace, and its impact on students in colleges and universities. Built on decades of experience in career development and professional learning, the editors raise and investigate multiple critical issues facing career educators in higher education today: preparing students for the future of work; exploring the increasing centrality of experiential learning in career education; examining innovative paradigm shifts in career education; and developing strategies for equity-focused and inclusive programming for all students. Reckoning with the effects of Covid-19 on the world of career development, this book draws on contributions from leading scholars, entrepreneurs, and practitioners from across the fields of education, business, STEM, and the humanities to offer an inclusive and innovation-focused approach to supporting scholars, practitioners, and students involved with career education, development, and counseling for a new generation – and a new world of work.
Author : Minion K. C. Morrison
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 13,9 MB
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1557287597
Winner of the 2016 Lillian Smith Book Award When Aaron Henry returned home to Mississippi from World War II service in 1946, he was part of wave of black servicemen who challenged the racial status quo. He became a pharmacist through the GI Bill, and as a prominent citizen, he organized a hometown chapter of the NAACP and relatively quickly became leader of the state chapter. From that launching pad he joined and helped lead an ensemble of activists who fundamentally challenged the system of segregation and the almost total exclusion of African Americans from the political structure. These efforts were most clearly evident in his leadership of the integrated Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation, which, after an unsuccessful effort to unseat the lily-white Democratic delegation at the Democratic National Convention in 1964, won recognition from the national party in 1968. The man who the New York Times described as being “at the forefront of every significant boycott, sit-in, protest march, rally, voter registration drive and court case” eventually became a rare example of a social-movement leader who successfully moved into political office. Aaron Henry of Mississippi covers the life of this remarkable leader, from his humble beginnings in a sharecropping family to his election to the Mississippi house of representatives in 1979, all the while maintaining the social-change ideology that prompted him to improve his native state, and thereby the nation.
Author : Verónica Benet-Martínez
Publisher : Oxford Library of Psychology
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 26,46 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0199796696
We live in a world defined by cultural diversity, and, thus, multicultural experiences and identities have become a regular component of many individuals' lives. The Oxford Handbook of Multicultural Identity: Basic and Applied Psychological Perspectives, which consists of 22 chapters written by some of the most accomplished scholars on the topic, reviews cutting-edge empirical and theoretical work on the psychology of multicultural identities and experiences (and related topics such as acculturation, globalization, intercultural relations, etc.). The chapters are organized into six thematic groupings: Definitional Issues and Basic Processes (Part I); The Social-Psychological Context (Part II); Measurement and Validity Issues (Part III); Individual Differences (Part IV); Developmental, Educational, and Counseling Issues (Part V); and Applied Perspectives (Part VI). As a whole, the volume addresses some important basic issues (e.g., measurement of multicultural identity, links between multilingualism and multiculturalism, psychological reactions to globalization) and also applied ones (e.g., how to address multiculturalism in marketing and organizational science), and reviews relevant research from diverse traditions within psychology (i.e., social, personality, developmental, acculturation, educational, political) and managerial sciences (i.e., organizational, marketing). The progression of chapters weaves a coherent tapestry of all that is relevant to the psychological study of multiculturalism and intercultural relations.--
Author : Carl A. Grant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 1317777891
This benchmark 6-volume set documents, analyzes, and critiques a comprehensive body of research on the history of multicultural education in the U.S. The volumes reflect the tenets of multicultural education, its history, its present, and individuals whose work has contributed significantly to equity and social justice for all citizens. By collecting and providing a framework for key publications spanning the last 30-40 years, this set provides a means of understanding and visualizing the development, implementation, and interpretation of multicultural education in American society. The volumes do not promote any one scholar’s or group’s vision of multicultural education, but include conflicting ideals that inform multiple interpretations. Each volume contains archival documents organized around a specific theme: Conceptual Frameworks and Curricular Content; Foundations and Stratifications; Instruction and Assessment; Policy and Governance; Students and Student Achievement; Teachers and Teacher Education. The historical time line within each volume illustrates the progression of research and theory on its theme and encourages readers to reflect on the changes in language and thinking concerning educational scholarship in that area.
Author : Joyce Newman Giger
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 49,16 MB
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 032329328X
2010 census data is incorporated through the book to provide the most current analysis of demographic trends. Completely revised cultural chapters reflect the shifting experiences of different cultural groups in our society. NEW! 6 additional cultural chapters on Nigerians, Uganda Americans, Jordanian Americans, Cuban Americans, Amish Americans, and Irish Americans
