Becoming a Multicultural Educator: Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action - Softcover

William A. Howe; Lisi, Penelope L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1483365050 ISBN 13: 9781483365053

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016

Synopsis

2013 Recipient of Philip C. Chinn Award from the National Association of Multicultural Education

 

Providing an essential foundation for pre-service and in-service PK-12 educators, this engaging and practical book focuses on essential questions and theoretical concepts about becoming a multicultural educator. Award-winning authors William A. Howe and Penelope L. Lisi bring theory and research to life through numerous activities, exercises, and lesson plans designed to heighten the reader’s cultural awareness, knowledge base, and skill set. Responding to the growing need to increase academic achievement and to prepare teachers to work with diverse populations of students, this text show readers how to incorporate cultural knowledge into more effective classroom practice. The fully updated Second Edition is packed with new activities and exercises to illustrate concepts readers can apply within their own classrooms and school-wide settings.

About this title

About the Author:

William A. Howe (Ed.D. Teachers College/Columbia University) is the retired education consultant for Multicultural Education and Gender Equity at the Connecticut State Department of Education. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut, Albertus Magnus College, Quinnipiac University; and past President of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). Howe has given over 400 workshops, lectures, and keynotes on diversity, multicultural education and organizational development. He is a regular presenter at state and national conferences and has appeared on both radio and television on diversity issues. He is a member of the editorial board of Multicultural Perspectives, the official journal of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME); and the advisory Board for the Journal of Family Diversity in Education. Howe is the Past-Chair of the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, and was recently honored with the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award presented by Teachers College/Columbia University.

 

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1483365050
• ISBN 13: 9781483365053
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 456