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100 1  Grant, Carl A 
245 10 Doing multicultural education for achievement and equity /
       |cCarl A. Grant, and  Christine E. Sleeter 
250    2nd ed 
260    New York :|bRoutledge,|c2011 
300    viii, 278 p. :|bill. ;|c27 cm 
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-265) and index
520    "Doing Multicultural Education for Achievement and Equity 
       a hands-on, reader-friendly multicultural education 
       textbook, actively engages education students in critical 
       reflection and self-examination as they prepare to teach 
       in increasingly diverse classrooms. In this engaging text,
       Carl A. Grant and Christine E. Sleeter, two of the most 
       eminent scholars of multicultural teacher education, help 
       pre-service teachers develop the tools they will need to 
       learn about their students and their students communities 
       and contexts, about themselves, and about the social 
       relations in which schools are embedded. Doing 
       Multicultural Education for Achievement and Equity  
       challenges readers to take a truly active and ongoing role
       in promoting equity within education and helps to guide 
       them in becoming highly qualified and fantastic teachers. 
       Features and updates to this much-anticipated second 
       edition include: Reflection boxes that encourage students 
       to actively engage with the text and concepts, along with 
       downloadable templates available on Routledge.com   
       "Putting It into Practice" activities that offer concrete 
       suggestions for really "doing" multicultural work in the 
       classroom  Fictional vignettes that illustrate the real 
       issues teacher education students face and the ways their 
       own cultural attitudes can impact their response   New 
       coverage of issues pertaining to student achievement, 
       federal and state policy, and socioeconomic connections 
       between the current economy and educational funding</LI><
       LI>A more comprehensive discussion about the different 
       social movements that have affected education in the past 
       and present</LI></UL>"--|cProvided by publisher 
520    "Doing Multicultural Education for Achievement and Equity,
       a hands-on, reader-friendly multicultural education 
       textbook, actively engages education students in critical 
       reflection and self-examination as they prepare to teach 
       in increasingly diverse classrooms. In this engaging text,
       Carl Grant and Christine Sleeter, two of the most eminent 
       scholars of multicultural teacher education, help pre-
       service teachers develop the tools they will need to learn
       about their students and their students' communities and 
       contexts, about themselves, and about the social relations
       in which schools are embedded. Doing Multicultural 
       Education for Achievement and Equity challenges readers to
       take a truly active and ongoing role in promoting equity 
       within education and helps to guide them in becoming 
       highly qualified and fantastic teachers. Features and 
       updates to the much-anticipated second edition include: - 
       Reflection boxes that encourage students to actively 
       engage with the text and concepts, along with downloadable
       templates available on Routledge.com. - "Putting It into 
       Practice" activities that offer concrete suggestions for 
       really "doing" multicultural work in the classroom - 
       Fictional vignettes that illustrate the real issues 
       teacher education students face and the ways their own 
       cultural attitudes can impact their response - New 
       coverage of issues pertaining to student achievement, 
       federal and state policy, and socioeconomic connections 
       between the current economy and educational funding - A 
       more comprehensive discussion about the different social 
       movements that have affected education in the past and 
       present"--|cProvided by publisher 
650  0 Multicultural education|zUnited States 
650  0 Educational equalization|zUnited States 
650  0 Student teachers|xTraining of|zUnited States 
650  7 EDUCATION / General|2bisacsh 
650  7 EDUCATION / Multicultural Education|2bisacsh 
650  7 EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General
       |2bisacsh 
700 1  Sleeter, Christine E.,|d1948-