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This unique text explores both the foundations of diversity and a variety of cultural groups  while providing practical strategies for shaping and implementing a multicultural curriculum.

In Part I, this text provides a definition of multicultural education that includes all types of diversity and explores a variety of foundational issues and models. In Part II, the text hones in on various cultural groups to help pre-service teachers better understand the backgrounds of diverse learners. Finally, Part III offers teacher candidates a series of applied chapters that focus on planning a multicultural curriculum, using the most effective instructional practices with diverse learners, and working successfully with families of diverse students, and collaborating with school personnel and administrators to implement a multicultural program. 

Multicultural Education of Children and Adolescents, Fifth Edition

By M. Lee Manning and Leroy G. Baruth

This major revision provides the most up-to-date information on the foundations of diversity and individual cultural groups. It also provides practical strategies for shaping and implementing a multicultural curriculum. For this fifth edition, the authors revisited their three-part framework and updated every chapter with new scenarios, references, and opportunities for reflection.  Part I provides a definition of multicultural education that includes all types of diversity and explores a variety of foundational issues and models. Part II focuses on various cultural groups to help preservice teachers better understand the backgrounds of diverse learners and the strategies for working with them. Finally, Part III offers teacher candidates a series of chapters that help them apply concepts of the book to their practice: planning a multicultural curriculum, using the most effective instructional practices, working successfully with families of diverse students, and collaborating with school personnel and administrators to implement a multicultural program.

What’s new in the fifth edition:

• Every chapter opens with a real-life story that introduces the subject matter by showing the ideas in action.
• Points to Ponder boxes urge readers to reflect more deeply on information they have just read.
• Chapter 2 has been significantly revised to focus entirely on various types of diversity–beyond race and ethnicity–in school and society.
• Each chapter in Part II now features expanded sections on socioeconomic status and conditions of each ethnic group.
• Part II also features cautionary notes to reinforce the necessity of avoiding stereotypes when studying strategies for working with various ethnic groups.
• A new appendix of children’s literature provides an annotated list of developmentally appropriate literature that can help K―12 learners understand their cultural heritages.
• More than 120 new references provide up-to-the-moment information, replacing 80 percent of the previous edition’s references with fresh resources.