This report captures the variety of music education research between 2012-2014 and covers a range of topics and events such as the International Society for Music Education (ISME) 2012, Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) 2013 and Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZARME) 2014.

To supplement the summer reading of National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) members, the NSTA Committee on Research in Science Education suggested a list of science education research articles that were published in the journals of NSTA's affiliates in 2012. These articles covered a variety of topics that include learning about…

The CRitical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet describes resources concerned with creating a multicultural environment in higher education. Creating a multicultural environment is a combination of recruitment, retention, climate issues, pedagogy and curriculum, organizational values, culture and structure, and faculty and staff development. This…

Presents a bibliography of 34 teacher resources pertaining to children's literature with a multicultural theme. Resources include booklists and critical essays. (KB)

This article presents a comprehensive review of journal articles on multicultural education. The location and tracing of this literature is described. The articles are discussed, analyzed, and grouped according to kinds of article and general topic. Four kinds of articles are included: position papers, teaching guides, project descriptions, and…

This annotated bibliography was prepared to supplement a discussion of "low tech," low cost alternatives to use in teaching. It lists 63 children's books and folktales that present messages about human nature and that can be used to add a multicultural element to the classroom. Some other ideas are suggested for using books to introduce concepts…

Teachers can enrich the mathematics curriculum by taking examples from our own diverse society and other societies. A multicultural perspective can also be adopted through the study of the history of mathematics, through which students can learn that the foundations of precollege mathematics were laid in Africa and Asia. This bibliography lists 25…

One outgrowth of Project IMPACT, an effort to support college faculty as they developed multicultural curricula, was an annotated resource guide. Excerpts from three sections of the guide, related to curriculum development, perspectives on multicultural education and teacher education, are presented. (SLD)

Lists 17 resources that may serve as a springboard to help teachers familiarize themselves with a wide variety of literature and teaching strategies to include cultures from around the globe in the classroom with responsibility and respect. (SR)

Lists selected resources for issues centered education. Includes books about methods for issues centered education, reference and student materials for middle and high school students, and tradebooks for elementary classrooms. Lists criteria for the selection of materials that were included (presentation of alternative view, accuracy, and…

Details the ways that English teachers can promote empathy and overcome student division through literary study. Provides concrete ways of developing such empathic attitudes, and offers a 34-item annotated bibliography of related literary works. (HB)

Recognizes the importance of using high-quality children's literature when studying cultural diversity. Stresses the need for accurate information in text and for authentic illustrations. Contains an annotated bibliography of six American Indian books with suggested activities to encourage discussion about Native culture. Lists eight additional…

Suggests that to prevent acceptance of racial or cultural stereotypes, children must construct positive images of present-day Native people, in addition to learning about historic American Indian leaders. Discusses ways to restructure the knowledge base of teachers. Offers suggestions for developing positive cultural images of Native Americans.…

Provides capsule reviews of a number of publications related to multicultural education and minority students in the United Kingdom. Focuses on five treatments of multicultural education and antiracist education and comments briefly on 14 other books related to issues of minority education. (SLD)

Noting that representing other cultures through literature enables teachers and their students to appreciate contributions made by others and lessen anxieties and prejudices toward those who are different, this paper presents annotations of 31 items from the ERIC database on fostering multicultural awareness through literature. Annotations in the…