Multicultural Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education

   Edited by Marvin Lynn, Adrienne D. Dixson

   This handbook illustrates how education scholars employ Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a framework to bring attention to issues of race and racism in education. It is the first authoritative reference work to provide a truly comprehensive description and analysis of the topic, from the defining...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners

   2nd Edition

   By Stephen Thornton, Bárbara Cruz

   Series: Teaching English Language Learners across the Curriculum

   Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of both the challenges that face English language learners (ELLs) and ways in which educators might address them in the social studies classroom. The authors offer context-specific strategies...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. Readings for Diversity and Social Justice

   3rd Edition

   Edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren Blumenfeld, Carmelita Castaneda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters, Ximena Zuniga

   For more than a decade, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice has been the trusted, leading anthology to cover the full range of social oppressions from a social justice standpoint. With full sections dedicated to racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, and ableism, as well as transgender...

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Language, Culture, and Identity among Minority Students in China

   The Case of the Hui

   By Yuxiang Wang

   Series: Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia

   This book explores Hui (one of the Muslim minority groups in China) students’ lived experiences in an elementary school in central P. R. China from the perspectives of philosophical foundations of education and the sociology of education, the impact of their experiences on their identity...

   Published February 19th 2013 by Routledge
5. Intercultural and Multicultural Education

   Enhancing Global Interconnectedness

   Edited by Carl A. Grant, Agostino Portera

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   By addressing intercultural and multicultural education in a global context, this volume brings together the dynamic discussions and lively debate of intercultural and multicultural education taking place across the world. Not content with discussion of theory or practice at the expense of the...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Implementing Response-to-Intervention to Address the Needs of English-Language Learners

   Instructional Strategies and Assessment Tools for School Psychologists

   By Holly S. Hudspath-Niemi, Mary Lou Conroy

   Series: School-Based Practice in Action

   There is considerable concern surrounding the complex issue of how to meet the learning needs of English-language learners within general and special education programs. Implementing Response-to-Intervention to Address the Needs of English-Language Learners increases school psychologists’ knowledge...

   Published January 24th 2013 by Routledge
7. Diversity, Intercultural Encounters, and Education

   Edited by Susana Gonçalves, Markus A. Carpenter

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book concerns the challenges and tensions rising from mass migration flows, unbalanced north-south and east-west relations and the increasing multicultural nature of society. The scope of the book’s theme is global, addressing diversity and identity, intercultural encounters and conflict, and...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
8. Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies

   The Case of Black Academic Underachievement

   By Paul C. Mocombe, Carol Tomlin

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   In postindustrial economies such as the United States and Great Britain, the black/white achievement gap is perpetuated by an emphasis on language and language skills, with which black American and black British-Caribbean youths often struggle. This work analyzes the nature of educational pedagogy...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
9. School Psychology and Social Justice

   Conceptual Foundations and Tools for Practice

   Edited by David Shriberg, Samuel Y. Song, Antoinette Halsell Miranda, Kisha Radliff

   School psychology practice does not exist in a vacuum and is not value-neutral. As the role and function of the school psychologist continues to evolve and expand, social justice provides a needed real-world framework for school psychology students, practitioners, supervisors, and professors to...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
10. Understanding White Privilege

    Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race, 2nd Edition

    By Frances Kendall

    Series: Teaching/Learning Social Justice

    Knowingly and unknowingly we all grapple with race every day. Understanding White Privilege delves into the complex interplay between race, power, and privilege in both organizations and private life. It offers an unflinching look at how ignorance can perpetuate privilege, and offers practical and...

    Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge