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Multicultural Education: Diverse Perspectives

by Joseph Nwoye and Abdeliah Sehlaoui

318 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #01-0444; ISBN 1-55369-042-7; US$28.00, C$34.00, EUR22.10, £15.40

This book reflects the work of a diverse group of people. The contributors are not only diverse in terms of nationalities, but they are diverse in light of the rich ideas and perspectives they brought into this endeavor.

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About the Book Multicultural Education: Diverse Perspectives is a book written for those interested in addressing the multicultural issues associated with educational opportunities

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About the Author This book reflects the work of a diverse group of people. The contributors are not only diverse in the terms of nationalities, but also they are diverse in light of the rich ideas and perspectives they brought into this endeavor. The diversity of these fine individual authors is worth mentioning and has certainly enriched the book. We are indebted to them for their hard work, understanding and most importantly - their patience and taking of time from their busy schedules to contribute in educating us in some areas of diversity that are often not considered as we did in this book.

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Excerpt

    Foreword     In this book, Multicultural Education: Diverse Perspectives, Dr. Joseph Nwoye and Abedlilah Salim Sehlaoui add voices to the current discourse on multicultural issues. In more ways than one, they include those not included in traditional multicultural education programming. For example the needs of Arab and Muslim students, the learning styles of Native American and Appalachian children, and issues associated with low performance minority and low-income students are discussed. Chapter one of this book deals with leadership issues in multicultural education. Clearly, we need leadership to ensure that multicultural themes are infused in schools across the nation. Problems related to socioeconomic dissonance, low performance, and gender equity are dissected in chapters two and three. Chapter four discusses the plight of a rarely mentioned group, Arab and Muslim students. In chapter five, conflicts, controversies, and the need for holistic curriculum and instruction are addressed. Chapter six introduces readers to learning styles of Native American and Appalachian children, and chapter seven highlights and interesting phenomenon in the book, that is, using powerful books to teach character and multicultural education. In chapter eight, critical pedagogical approaches to teach linguistically and culturally diverse students are delineated. In the end, chapters nine and ten discuss in detailed forms culturally responsive teaching of Native American students and the rewarding exprience of teaching in Native american communities.
    In this book, the collaborative and consultative efforts of scholars and educators are visible and refreshing. These efforts initiated by Joseph Nwoye and Abdelilah Salim Sehlaoui reinforce the popular statement, "It takes a whole village to raise a child." Cultural valuing cannot be divorced form community interactions. Nwoye and Sehlaoui's book adds and interesting voice to the discourse on race. We know that race matters, but we also know that positive collaborative engagements matter more. As we respond to 21st-century challenges, families, schools, and communities must shift their paradigms and powers on how problems are solved. All voices must be heard-it is in this spirit that I encourage all educators at all levels to read this book. It can be used as a supplementary text for multicultural courses at the college/university level. I find it to be an important contribution to the field of education-i should be on the reading list of experienced and potential educators.
 Festus E. Obiakor, Ph.D.
 Professor
 Department of Excepetional Education
 School of Education
 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
 Milwaukee, WI 53201
 (414) 229-4666
 414 229-5500 (Fax)
 fobiakor@uwm.edu

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