Critical Multiculturalism: Theory and Praxis

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Critical multiculturalism has emerged over the last decade as a direct challenge to liberal or benevolent forms of multicultural education. By integrating and advancing various critical theoretical threads such as anti-racist education, critical race theory, and critical pedagogy, critical multiculturalism has offered a fuller analysis of oppression and institutionalization of unequal power relations in education. But what do these powerful theories really mean for classroom practice and specific disciplines? Edited by two leading authorities on multicultural education, Critical Multiculturalism: Theory and Praxis brings together international scholars of critical multiculturalism to directly and illustratively address what a transformed critical multicultural approach to education might mean for teacher education and classroom practice. Providing both contextual background and curriculum specific subject coverage ranging from language arts and mathematics to science and technology, each chapter shows how critical multiculturalism relates to praxis. As a watershed in the further development of critical multicultural approaches to education, this timely collection will be required reading for all scholars, educators and practitioners of multicultural education. Book Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction: Critical Multiculturalism: Theory and Praxis I Critical Multiculturalism and Teachers 1 Critical Multiculturalism and Higher Education: Resistance and Possibilities Within Teacher Education 2 Empowering Preservice Teachers, Students, and Families Through Critical Multiculturalism: Interweaving Social Foundations of Education and Community Action Projects 3 Daring to Infuse Ideology into Language-Teacher Education 4 Discursive Positioning and Educational Reform 5 Critical Multicultural Practices in Early Childhood Education II Critical Multiculturalism in Language and Language Arts 6 Critical Multiculturalism and Subject English 7 Critical Multicultural Education and Second/Foreign Language Teaching 8 Critical Multiculturalism and Cultural and Media Studies III Critical Multiculturalism in Mathematics/Sciences 9 Critical Multicultural Approaches to Mathematics Education in Urban, K-12 Classrooms 10 Digital Stories for Critical Multicultural Education: A Freireian Approach 11 Knowing Our Place: Critical Multicultural Science Education IV Critical Multiculturalism in Humanities and Social Science 12 Discussing Race and Culture in the Middle-School Classroom: Scaffolding Critical Multiculturalism 13 A Critical Multicultural Approach to Physical Education: Challenging Discourses of Physicality and Building Resistant Practices in Schools 14 The Arts and Social Justice in a Critical Multicultural Education Classroom 15 Breaking Through “Crusts of Convention” to Realize Music Education’s Potential Contribution to Critical Multiculturalism Contributors Index