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In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key article, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands and see how their work contributes to the development of the field. Carl A. Grant has spent the last 35 years researching, teaching, thinking and writing about some of the key enduring issues in multicultural education. He has contributed to a multitude of books and articles, and is former President of the National Associati...
Future educators who plan to teach in the United States face unique challenges posed by this era's great technological, geopolitical, economic, demographic and educational change. Grant and Gillette's LEARNING TO TEACH EVERYONE'S CHILDREN, a new introduction to education text focusing on teaching and learning in the United States, takes these changes into account in a comprehensive manner. Grant and Gillette have created a unique framework, combining the dual themes of Power and Education that is Multicultural and Social Reconstructionist. These themes provide an illuminating lens to learn about the policies, practices, knowledge, and skills of becoming a teacher. The text focuses on the U.S...
Becoming a Multicultural Educator is a core textbook for use by pre-service and in-service PK-12 educators in courses on multicultural education / diversity. The text addresses how teachers can incorporate the knowledge they gain about other cultures into their classroom practice. In meeting the need of training teachers better in how to work with a diverse population, this text offers both solid theory and a very user-friendly practice component that focuses on showing teachers how to apply that theory effectively in the classroom. The book begins by focusing on essential questions and theoretical concepts about multicultural education, then leads readers through experiences to heighten their own cultural awareness, knowledge base, and skills set, and concludes with demonstrating how teachers can apply the concepts in classroom and schoolwide settings.
Catherine Nielsen-Lowe and her brother still owned the family farm although they had moved away. She returns to her old hometown when a developer offers a lucrative price for the land, but after a mysterious break-in and a threatening phone call suddenly finds herself the target of an unknown assailant. Mike Summars, the handsome Development Consultant, is disappointed when assigned to this small town project, that is until he meets Catherine. Although neither is interested in a relationship, quite the contrary, suddenly their attraction for one another is undeniable. When an accident leaves her in a coma it is Mike who rushes to her bedside. Will a relationship develop as she fights to escape dangerous events surrounding the sale, even possible murder?
Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
This book explores how curriculum texts and theorists can inform modern education. The authors examine key works, offering insights into curriculum, teaching, and leadership. This final book in the series provides a scholarly view of 33 books that should have been included in the previous volumes.
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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