An Introduction to Multicultural Education: From Theory to Practice [Paperback]

An Introduction to Multicultural Educationprovides a balance between the principles and practice of multicultural education in the K-12 classroom, presenting multicultural education as a learner-centered pedagogy. DomNwachukwu's book projects foundational principles and practices that make multicultural education relevant and appealing, while eliminating ideas and practices that produce negative reactions and outcomes.An Introduction to Multicultural Educationutilizes historical data to make the case for equity pedagogy, going further than other books on this topic to provide practical steps and approaches to implementing multicultural education.
The person and cultural identity of the teacher is addressed in-depth. The person and nature of the learner and the learning process are addressed as foundational ideas behind equity pedagogy. Such multicultural education topics as gender equity, universal access, religious pluralism, and bilingualism (or multilingualism) are all addressed with much detail. This book provides pre-service and in-service teachers with the theoretical and practical support they need to provide equal and meaningful education to all the students in their classrooms.

DomNwachukwu finds it unfortunate that this nation has not resolved the 'dynamics of her plurality as it affects the education of children who are recent immigrants,' and its continued denial that multilingualism and multiculturalism are intrinsic parts of its national identity. Reynaldo Baca, clinical professor of education and codirector of the Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research, University of Southern Ca

DomNwachukwu's book is an effective contribution to demystifying multicultural education in a manner that provides readers witl£)