Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education (6th Edition)
 Explore how personal, social, political, cultural, and educational factors affect the success or failure of students in today's classroom in this best-selling text by Sonia Nieto and Patty Bode. Expanding upon the popular case-study approach,Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Educationexamines the lives of real students who are affected by multicultural education, or the lack of it. This social justice view of multicultural education encourages teachers to work for social change in their classrooms, schools, and communities.   New to this EditionNEW! Chapter 7, Understanding Student Learning and School Achievementprovides new research on caring, deficit perspectives, and theories on youth activism.NEW! Completely updated references and researchsupporting the relevance and application of chapter content to today's classrooms.NEW! A new case study of a Native American studentthat substitutes and updates the previous case study of a Native American student.NEW! A classroom exampleof how a teacher and her students tackled the issue of Native American mascots to provide students with a concrete case of how teachers and students put multicultural education in practice.NEW! An example of a teacherwho exemplifies caring in her pedagogy and curriculum to show readers how caring can be manifested in ways that influence student learning.NEW! A Multicultural Teaching Storyabout a school organized by teachers that models what multicultural education looks like in an actual school.NEW! Student Self-portraitsare displayed in the Part and chapter openers throughout the text.NEW! Multicultural Teaching Storybased on  an interview with a former high school math teacher who has helped implement a successful strategy for teaching high school math to all studentsNEW! About Terminology feature boxestakes former chapter 2, About Terminology and reworks each section to enhance discussion of terminology issues throughout all chapters.