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Jeffrey M. Torchon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Creating cross-cultural understanding amongst students and incorporating music from various cultures around the world has become essential in the field of music education, but still has a long way to go to become more mainstream. The incorporation of world music in teacher preparation programs and music classrooms varies greatly. While many…
Descriptors: Religious Schools, Christianity, Global Approach, Teacher Education
Dalila E. Razo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Multicultural music education and diversity in the elementary general music classroom continue to lie at the center of music education discourse seeking to decolonize elementary general music programs. There are many non-canonical music teaching resources available to 21st-century music educators, however, little is known about the presence of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Music Education, Elementary Education, Multicultural Education
Gonzalez, Leonor Coralia – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Multicultural education is more commonly found within schools that are racially and ethnically diverse. However, within homogenous schools, multicultural education is extremely limited or nonexistent. The purpose of this study was to investigate students', teachers', and parents' perceptions of multicultural education in a monoracial and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Institutional Characteristics, High School Students, Ethnic Groups
Cristina M. Viera – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Ongoing educational reforms and the accountability movement in public education can pose significant challenges for teachers as they strive to meet a critical, social-justice vision for the social studies. Teachers' continued professional growth and learning are viewed as the main factors towards achieving this goal; however, quite often the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Public School Teachers, Social Studies, Professional Development
Redondo, Angela Renee – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Our current education system depends exclusively on standardization, accountability, and test scores, which often limits the learning within the classroom. This type of curriculum does not include children as contributors, their lived cultural experiences, or their voices and cultural diversity. The intent of this dissertation was to connect…
Descriptors: Action Research, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Critical Literacy
Jones, Suzanne K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The United States is becoming more culturally diverse. One hundred years ago, "1 out of 8 Americans was of a race other than White; at the end of the century, the ratio was 1 out of 4" (Hobbs & Stoops, 2002, p. 71). With this changing ratio, communities and school populations have dramatically diversified; however, the methods for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Curriculum Development, Cultural Awareness, Multicultural Education
Curtis, Emily Kathryn Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Addressing teachers' preparation for and cultivation of cultural and linguistic diversity, this study presents a linguistics curriculum designed for teacher education and a case study of teacher-candidates' learning. That teacher education must develop culturally and linguistically responsive teaching ideologies and practices, integrating explicit…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Case Studies, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development
Cho, Hyunhee – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This qualitative case study examined South Korean elementary teachers' beliefs about the goals of multicultural education in relation to practices and contexts within social studies instruction. The first research question examined the distinguishing features of South Korean elementary teachers' beliefs about the goals of multicultural education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
Students' Perceptions on Issues Related to Globalization at a Four-Year Community College in Florida
Stevens, Vickie Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this dissertation was to survey community college students in order to evaluate their perceptions of the awareness and significance of global-mindedness or worldview of interconnectedness to the global community. The sample of participants included students at a 4-year community college in Florida. The results can be valuable and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, Community Colleges, Global Education
Jackson, Diana A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students entering into higher education institutions today represent America's growing diversity. Much of the increase seen is due to the large numbers of students from different ethnic backgrounds and the changing demographics of immigrants who have migrated to the United States. As a result of this research, the perceptions and experiences…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Community Colleges, Minority Group Students, Student Attitudes
Polen, J. Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Both government and non-government agencies have decried how poorly today's students are prepared to thrive in the global marketplace. One area of concern, cross-cultural understandings and cross-cultural communication skills, is the basis for this study. A qualitative study using a phenomenological design was chosen in order to collect rich…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Communication Skills, Qualitative Research
Piper, Rebekah Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2015
In the United States education system a large achievement gap between African American and Latino students compared to White American students exists. Various studies have documented the gap, but there has not been much success in closing it. Recognizing that the educational system is growing more, not less, diverse, including due to the rise in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Elementary School Students, Case Studies, Multicultural Education
Delgato, Margaret H. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the extent to which multicultural science education, including indigenous knowledge representations, had been infused within the content of high school biology textbooks. The study evaluated the textbook as an instructional tool and framework for multicultural science education instruction by…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Biology, Textbooks, Multicultural Education
Silva, Janelle M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Using data from a nine month ethnographic study of a first grade public charter school classroom in central California, this paper examines how one teacher is using an alternative, artist-focused curriculum, to teach her first grade students about significant social identities (race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class and physical ableness) and…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Social Change, Sexuality
Tao, Sarah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Teach For America (TFA) teachers are placed in urban, impoverished, and highly diverse schools. The purpose of this study was to examine the challenges faced by TFA teachers (or corps members) in culturally and linguistically diverse schools in urban St. Louis. In examining how TFA teachers perceive and navigate these challenges, educators will…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Linguistics, Educational Improvement, Cultural Awareness
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