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Direct linkBers, Marina Umaschi – MIT Press, 2022
Today, schools are introducing STEM education and robotics to children in ever-lower grades. In "Beyond Coding," Marina Umaschi Bers lays out a pedagogical roadmap for teaching code that encompasses the cultivation of character along with technical knowledge and skills. Presenting code as a universal language, she shows how children…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Moral Values
Wiater, Werner, Ed.; Manschke, Doris, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2011
This book examines the concepts of tolerance and education in multicultural societies. It focuses on different aspects of multiculturalism in these societies and considers possible conflicts and tensions as well as best-practice examples of co-existence among different cultural groups. Special emphasis is placed on educational issues and schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Salili, Farideh, Ed.; Hoosain, Rumjahn, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
Democratic political systems and the democratic way of life is aspired by most people around the world. Democracy is considered to be morally superior to other forms of political systems as it aspires to secure civil liberties, human rights, social justice and equality before the law for everyone regardless of their gender, culture, religion and…
Descriptors: Democracy, Multicultural Education, Cultural Differences, Citizenship Education
Chen, Xinyin, Ed.; Rubin, Kenneth H., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Filling a significant gap in the literature, this book examines the impact of culture on the social behaviors, emotions, and relationships of children around the world. It also explores cultural differences in what is seen as adaptive or maladaptive development. Eminent scholars discuss major theoretical perspectives on culture and development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Aggression, Social Behavior
Download full textRobertson, Judith P., Ed. – 1999
This book presents essays and resources that address crucial questions regarding how children should learn about genocide and intolerance and the literature used in teaching these topics. Part 1 (Guidelines on Teaching about Genocide and Intolerance through Language Arts/English Studies Education) includes the following 2 essays: "Editor's…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Differences
Iram, Yaacov, Ed.; Wahrman, Hillel, Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers provides an international perspective on minorities and peace and on the relationship between these two issues in education. The 14 papers are: (1) "Education of Minorities: Problems, Promises, and Prospects--An International Perspective" (Yaacov Iram); (2) "Cultural Recognition or Social Redistribution:…
Descriptors: Arabs, Citizenship Education, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)
Kottler, Jeffrey A. – 1997
This publication explores how teachers' cultural origins, as well as those of their students and colleagues, impact growth and learning, and how teachers can make classrooms more culturally responsive. The book is divided into two parts with a "bridge" chapter between them. Part 1, "Conceptual Provocations" includes five…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Bias, Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness
Gay, Geneva – 1994
This book is based on the simple premise that good teaching and multicultural teaching are indistinguishable. This premise is based on the belief that multicultural education is not a fringe or radical movement designed to threaten the basic mainstream of educational thought and practice. The child is the meaning-maker and that the teacher's task…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Willie, Charles Vert – 1987
This book analyzes the ways in which majority and minority interests interact in the educational system. It begins with an examination of the excellence movement in American education, and then discusses an alternative approach through which, by emphasizing adequacy rather than insisting on excellence as an institutional requirement, minority…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cultural Differences, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Spring, Joel – 1995
Designed to be used in courses devoted to the study of multicultural education, this book aims to outline conceptual foundations of multicultural education and to discuss differences in cultural perspectives. The book is divided into two parts. Part one provides the foundation of multicultural education; part two focuses on the perspectives on…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships, Culturally Relevant Education
Smith, Daryl G.; Gerbick, Guy L.; Figueroa, Mark A.; Watkins, Gayle Harris; Levitan, Thomas; Moore, Leeshawn Cradoc; Merchant, Pamela A.; Beliak, Haim Dov; Figueroa, Benjamin – 1997
This report presents a review of the literature and an annotated bibliography of research on the impact of campus diversity initiatives on American college students. First, an executive summary concludes that, overall, the literature suggests that diversity initiatives positively affect both minority and majority students on campus. It…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Outcomes Assessment, College Students
Thomson, Barbara J. – 1993
An anti-bias curriculum focuses not only on the richness of various cultures, but also on seeing cultures as differing responses to common human needs--for food, shelter, fellowship, governance, and other necessities. Thus, cultures and peoples are not superior or inferior, just different. The anti-bias curriculum presented in this book has the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Images, Cultural Pluralism
Rendon, Laura I., Ed.; Garcia, Mildred, Ed.; Person, Dawn, Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2004
"Transforming the First Year of College for Students of Color" addresses some of the unique challenges and transition issues for African-American, Latino/a, Asian-Pacific American, American Indian/Alaska Native, and multiracial college students. Chapters address specific strategies for working with these student populations to ensure their success…
Descriptors: African American Students, Social Integration, American Indians, Alaska Natives
