Raising Multicultural Awareness in Higher Education - Softcover

Klein, Ana Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761832572 ISBN 13: 9780761832577

Publisher: University Press Of America, 2006

Synopsis

Raising Multicultural Awareness in Higher Education taps into the appropriate mechanisms for increasing cultural awareness among teacher candidates. The book includes narratives and practical instructional approaches for teacher-educators and teacher-candidates to aid in understanding the multicultural education field. It explores positive constructivist approaches in the field of multicultural education that enable teacher-educators and teacher-candidates to make appropriate decisions and choices in today's classrooms.

About this title

About the Author:

Ana Maria Klein is Assistant Professor in SUNY Fredonia's College of Education where she teaches cultural studies and mathematics methods. Professor Klein holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Her dissertation on the language of problem-solving led her to publish her first book, Learning How Children Process Mathematical Problems and subsequently motivated her to look at the linguistic and cultural aspects of teaching. Dr. Klein has currently published several articles in the multicultural arena where she focuses on teacher-education. She is a fluent speaker of four languages, has been an elementary classroom teacher for more than 25 years and continues to appreciate the validity of the culture and language as a problem solving activity.

Review:

Klein's thin and powerful volume is a wake-up call to all teachers, teacher-candidates, and preservice teachers that multicultural awarenes should be a core in teacher preparation and continuing education. Klein's practical guide assists us all in becoming aware and informed reflective practitioners... Klein ends by discussing popular culture and how it shapes our thinking about multicultural education. She aruges persuasively for all involved in the preparation of citizens of the world to be celebratory and transforming in our multicultural educative efforts―to teach with the values of empathy, equity, and excellence in mind. (Anthony Edwards, Univ. of South Carolina Multicultural Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0761832572
• ISBN 13: 9780761832577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 114