Teaching Young Children in Multicultural Classrooms: Issues, Concepts, and Strategies - Softcover

De Melendez, Wilma Robles; Beck, Verna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1111837147 ISBN 13: 9781111837143

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012

Synopsis

TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN IN MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOMS: ISSUES, CONCEPTS, AND STRATEGIES, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive book on the historical, theoretical, political, and sociological aspects of multicultural education as it relates to young children. Featuring practical guidelines, curriculum suggestions, and techniques for use in the classroom, the book is appropriate for those studying to become early childhood teachers as well as being a comprehensive resource for practicing professionals. Updated with new statistics, references, and terminology, the Fourth Edition also includes new case studies, expanded coverage of standards and technology, an integrated video feature, and a more prominent emphasis on the benefits of teaching multiculturalism from a global perspective.

About this title

About the Author:

Wilma Robles de Melendez, Ph.D., is an associate professor of early childhood education at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has over two decades of experience in the field of early childhood and is a specialist in multicultural education issues and practices. An active member of state and national early childhood associations, she has written and published several articles in education journals as well as another text with Vesna (Ostertag) Beck for Delmar Learning: TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN EARLY EDUCATION.

Review:

"I think the authors did a great job. The text covers most of the concepts needed to be taught and it also provides a lot of strategies."

"[The book is] well organized, easy to locate specific information in, and very thorough. I like the connections that are made to history, actual real world events, and experiences."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1111837147
• ISBN 13: 9781111837143
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 416