Ethnic Diversity in Communities and Schools: Recognizing and Building on Strengths

by Kathryn M. Borman

Overview

Research has consistently documented the failure of schools to reach students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. One reason suggested for this failure is teachers' lack of understanding and appreciation for students' home backgrounds, while most teachers are eager to becvome informed and supportive of their diverse students many have lacked the opportunity to develop the knowedge and skills appropriate to working with such students. Ethnic Diversity examines how migration and settlement patterns have varied for these populations throughout U.S. history, documenting what researchers have learned about Latino, Native American, African American, urban Appalachian, and Asian American families, neighborhoods, and communities as these relate to children's learning through case studies (in the form of vignettes) and suggests how schools, communites, and universities can address the needs of culturally diverse students and their families.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567503869
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/20/1998
Series:	The David C. Anchin Series: Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Education
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Families and Schools: Contexts for Student Learning, with M. Yvette Baber and Linda Evans
Diverse Communities, Different Realities, with M. Yvette Baber
Multiple Realities: A Brief Socio-Historical Overview
Schools and Communities: Vignettes of Recent Latino Immigrants and Refugees
Schools and Communities: The Asian Experience
Schools and Communities: The Native American and Urban Appalachian Experience
Schools and Communities: The African American Experience. Ethnicity, Education, the Community and Children's Learning