A Casebook for Exploring Diversity (4th Edition)
With the increasing diversity in today’s schools,A Casebook for Exploring Diversityis an excellent supplemental text for pre-service teachers in multicultural, inclusive, or urban education courses, as well as for in-service teachers and participants in professional development workshops. Its37real-life case studies represent scenarios that could occur in any school–urban, suburban, or rural–and at any grade level. They address the topics of gender, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, religion, special needs, sexual orientation, language, and ageism. Each case study, followed by questions and activities, will help you develop important social and cross-cultural skills, better understand your students, and broaden your understanding of diversity issues in a classroom setting. New to This EditionNEW!Definition and discussion of multicultural education and thetheoretical orientationundergirding the authors’ case approach appears in Chapter One.Revised introductionsnow highlight the research and/or best practices relevant to chapter cases and the work of prominent multicultural scholars.Newcases added under topics: sexual orientation, exceptionality, and religion.Additional topics, includingtransgendered students, autism, teen pregnancy, hip hop culture, atheism, and students of mixed race,have beenembedded within cases.Expanded set of guidelines included for analyzing the cases.Expanded glossary of terms and conceptscovers thirty additional terms commonly used in discussions of case issues.Revision ofQuestions for ReflectionandActivities for Extending Thinkingsections throughout the book.Updated bibliographiespresent many current print and electronic resources.