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Park, Gilbert C.; Park, SangOk – Multicultural Education, 2018
Historically, American public schools played an important role in assimilating immigrants with different cultures into the mainstream. This process is currently occurring in other parts of the world that are undergoing demographic changes due to immigration. Some of these countries have turned to multicultural education as a tool to respond to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Immigrants, Cultural Pluralism
Georgis, Rebecca; Gokiert, Rebecca J.; Ford, Donna Mae; Ali, Mulki – Multicultural Education, 2014
Parental engagement in education has proven to be important to children's academic success. Research suggests that when parents are involved in their children's schooling, children tend to be motivated learners, have high educational aspirations, get good grades, and experience a sense of school belonging (Cheung & Pomerantz, 2012; Hill et…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Parent Participation, Cultural Pluralism, School Community Relationship
Chung, Mi-Hyun; Miller, JungKang – Multicultural Education, 2011
It is essential for teachers and teacher educators alike to understand how teachers conceptualize multicultural education. It is such understandings that will help a teacher education program meet the real needs of both the teachers and their students. After all, it is the teacher who works with diversity in the classroom and who must make…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Literacy Education, Multicultural Education, Teacher Education Programs
Nykiel-Herbert, Barbara – Multicultural Education, 2010
To learn productively and experience academic success, students need access to curricula and instructional approaches that are "culturally relevant" and "culturally responsive". Culturally relevant/responsive pedagogy uses "cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes" and thus "empowers students…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Failure, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Alfaro, Cristina – Multicultural Education, 2008
The study described in this article took place in an international consortium type model program. The International Teacher Education Program (ITEP) is a California State University System (CSUS) credential program for elementary teacher candidates who are pursuing teacher certification as bilingual teachers (Spanish). Besides San Diego State…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Foreign Students, Student Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
Ernst-Slavit, Gisela; Slavit, David – Multicultural Education, 2007
The purpose of this article is two-fold: first, to explore the role played by linguistic and cultural factors in the mathematics classroom, particularly in relation to diverse learners; and, second, to provide insight into teaching, learning, and professional development that takes into account current mathematics education reform recommendations.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Change, Cultural Influences
Ramirez, A. Y. – Multicultural Education, 2005
This article describes El Salvadorian immigrant, Esperanza Marquez's experiences dealing with the inaccessibility of ESL and special education services at her children's schools, through an interview with the author. Throughout the nation, Latino immigrant parents like Esperanza do not only have to adjust to a new life in the United States, but to…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Vang, Christopher T. – Multicultural Education, 2005
Today, language-minority students comprise one of the fastest-growing segments of the total student population in America, a culturally and linguistically diverse group. A large number of bilingual students fall into the at-risk category because their cultural and linguistic backgrounds put them at a disadvantage in the American educational system…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Minority Groups, Limited English Speaking, Educationally Disadvantaged