This study focuses on teaching and learning science in three secondary public school classrooms with mostly culturally marginalized students from Gurung and Magar communities in a semirural district in Nepal. The study aims to understand how three science teachers in different schools engage students in culturally relevant transformative science…

Literature in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts is used for language development and intercultural understanding. However, the role of literature, specifically short stories (SSs), in shaping cultural representations of the U.S. in EFL teacher preparation programs (TPPs) remains unclear. This study examines how U.S. SSs in an English…

The demographic changes in Greek schools underline the need for reconsidering the way in which migrant pupils move from their everyday culture into the culture of school science (a process known as "cultural border crossing"). Migrant pupils might face difficulties when they attempt to transcend cultural borders and this may influence…

How teachers interpret and respond to diverse students' cultural identities is critical to students' success. Therefore, teacher educators require candidates to gain experience with multicultural populations during fieldwork as a means of promoting candidates' sociocultural consciousness. What can teacher educators learn from candidate perceptions…

Structure and agency of cultural diversity in (international) higher education have to be addressed with a critical perspective on international mobility and practices of international academic teaching. In order to overcome naive assumptions about intercultural developments on the individual and the organizational level, sociological analysis…

Discusses the origins of multicultural education from the perspective of cultural epistemology, contending that at issue in the debate over multicultural education is the challenge of paradigmatic shifts in understanding multicultural society and multiculturalism as sociopolitical constructs. (SLD)

The nature of pluralism, especially in education, is discussed. The dominant culture in the United States is compared with the African culture. The uniqueness of African Americans and the implications for pluralism are investigated. Specific examples of ways educational personnel might promote educational pluralism are presented. (CJ)

A high percentage of Rom (Gypsy) families do not send their children to school. Most Rom in the United States are illiterate. Rom families believe that from the viewpoint of their culture, formal education is a destructive force. The strictures that govern their everyday lives influence standards of personal cleanliness, food preparation, sex…

Describes the role of music in society. Discussion concerns music in the context of purpose, intention, understanding, social reality, stereotypes, awareness of difference, and other areas. (RJC)

One of America's oldest and most distinctive ethnic minorities are the Cajuns of Louisiana. Cajuns are typically Roman Catholic, rural, emphasize kinship relations, and speak or understand both English and Louisiana French. The schools attended by Cajuns are reasonably well-supported and dynamic. (JN)

This paper describes the way in which European societies have responded to cultural diversity in historical and contemporary perspectives. Focus is on illustrating how those responses have set a context for interethnic and intercultural friendships and human relations among young people, and how those relations are apprehended through present…

In the United States, African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans have lower success rates and higher drop-out rates in mathematics than other racial or ethnic groups. Given that quantitative competency serves increasingly as a vehicle for economic enfranchisement, these differential success rates make mathematics achievement a civil rights…

The challenge of celebrating diversity in multicultural classrooms requires both teachers and students to be aware of elements influencing the communication process. This essay identifies and discusses relevant sociocultural factors that affect the interaction and learning processes among participants in diverse classrooms. As they recognize their…

Discusses the problems of perspective in dealing with minority cultures, citing many examples from world history. Discusses effects of dominant languages and cultures upon minority ones. Mobility is examined as a feature of peripheral cultures with fragile economies. Implications for multicultural education discussed. 23 notes and references. (TES)

This paper focuses on three activities for elementary students to develop the concept of diversity of peoples within the United States. Students are asked in each activity to select elements representative of their geographic area in the United States, while noting the differences within the common elements. A short booklist of titles about…