Teaching Multicultural Literature to Help Children Understand Ethnic Diversity: Essays and Experiences

by Gail Singleton Taylor (Editor), KaaVonia Hinton (Editor), Lisa Moore (Editor)

Teachers today have an especially challenging task. The are asked to navigate an educational environment which is increasingly diverse when it comes to culture, language, ability and income and increasingly accountable when it comes to mandated testing. The essays in this book look at the ways educators in grade PK-12 continue to include diverse perspectives while preparing their students to succeed and even excel on standardized, high-stakes examinations. By providing highly practical instructional strategies couched in sound theory, this work fulfills a critical need in the fields of both multicultural education and multicultural literature. These chapters are an attempt to showcase those educators who are facing this present educational challenge with courage, collaboration and creativity.

167 pages, Hardcover

First published December 16, 2008