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Ragina Dian Rice Shearer – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The goal of this comprehensive literature review is to show the importance of using multicultural and international children's and young adult literature as a needed resource within classrooms across grade levels in order to develop and maintain societies of people around the globe who are knowledgeable of, empathetic toward, and accepting and…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Multicultural Textbooks
Popplewell, Susan G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the presence, allocation, and quality of multicultural content found within 17 textbooks assigned to preservice teachers for early childhood education specialization courses at a large regional university in Oklahoma. A mixed-methods content analysis was conducted to assess the depth, breadth and instructional relevance of 58…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Multicultural Education, Early Childhood Education, Specialization
Jackson, Elizabeth Jeanne – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study explores some major challenges involved in teaching about controversial groups in U.S. public schools, discussing as an example education about Muslims since September 11, 2001 (9/11), and the need for students to develop accurate and balanced perceptions of others in a democratic society. In the first chapter, the two prominent…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Muslims, Teaching Methods