Multicultural Education: Issues, Policies, and Practices (PB)

by Farideh Salili (Editor)

Overview

These essays look at topics concerning multicultural education and international perspectives, including the impact of disadvantage on academic achievement, immigration policy and multicultural education in Australia, and how motivation and learning affects students of diverse backgrounds.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781930608740
Publisher:	Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	06/13/2005
Series:	Research in Multicultural Education and International Perspectives , #1
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.51(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

	List of Contributors	vii
	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgments	xiii
1.	Multicultural Education: History, Issues, and Practices	1
2.	Cooperative Learning Programs and Multicultural Education: Improving Intergroup Relations	15
3.	Understanding the Impact of Disadvantage On Academic Achievement	35
4.	Academic Adaptation of Asian Migrant Overseas Students in Australia and Canada	65
5.	Students as Cultural Beings: Motivation, Learning, and Achievemnt among Students of Diverse Ethnic Background	87
6.	Multicultural Education in Latvia	125
7.	Immigration Policy and Multicultural Education In Australia: Charting the Changes	151
8.	Validation of Multucultural Personality Questionnaire among an Internationally Oriented Student Population in Taiwan	167
9.	Education Needs for Cross-cultural Convergence in Family Legal Duties and Reciprocal Responsibilities	187
10.	Literature, a Driving Force in Ethnic Identity And Social Responsibility Development	211