Cultural diversity in schools : from rhetoric to practice

Book

Cultural diversity in schools : from rhetoric to practice / edited by Robert A. Devillar, Christian J. Faltis, James P. Cummins.

Devillar, Robert A. (Added Author). Faltis, Christian, 1950- (Added Author). Cummins, Jim, 1949- (Added Author).

Summary:

This book confronts the patterns of school failure often faced by subordinated minority groups in the United States. It does so by presenting a socioacademic framework that is based on the notion that all groups can have comparable access to quality schooling, comparable participation in the schooling, and derive comparable educational benefits from their participation. Organized around three key, interrelated components―communication, integration, and cooperation―the book combines theoretical concepts with actual classroom practices that support change. It moves us from a position of rhetoric about educational equality to one that actively addresses the socioacademic needs of students in a culturally diverse society.

Record details

ISBN: 0791416739
ISBN: 9780791416730
ISBN: 0791416747
ISBN: 9780791416747
Physical Description: vii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:: Reconciling cultural diversity and quality schooling : paradigmatic elements of a socioacademic framework / Robert A. Devillar and Christian J. Faltis -- Rhetoric and practice of cultural diversity in U.S. schools : socialization, resocialization, and quality schooling / Robert A. DeVillar -- Cooperative learning in the culturally diverse classroom / David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson -- Building bridges for the future : anthropological contributions to diversity and classroom practices / Steven F. Arvizu.

Responding successfully to cultural diversity in our schools : the teacher connection / Robert D. Milk -- Mentoring, peer coaching, and support systems for first-year minority/bilingual teachers / Margarita Calderon -- Cooperative learning for language-minority students / Richard P. Duran -- Influences of L1 writing proficiency on L2 writing proficiency / Robert S. Carlisle -- Promoting positive cross-cultural attitudes and perceived competence in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms / Kathryn J. Lindholm.

Managing behavior in the culturally diverse classroom / Saundra Scott Sparling -- Effectiveness of bilingual education : a comparison of various approaches in an elementary school district / Linda Gonzales -- Communicative computer environment for the acquisition of ESL / Nidia Gonzalez-Edfeldt -- Bilingual team-teaching partnerships over long distances : a technology-mediated context for intragroup language attitude change / Dennis Sayers.

Teaching teachers about computers and collaborative problem-solving / Howard Budin -- Pedagogical and research uses of computer-mediated conferencing / Armando A. Arias, Jr., and Beryl Bellman -- Socioacademic achievement model in the context of coercive and collaborative relations of power / Jim Cummins.