Multicultural Issues and Literacy Achievement

by Kathryn H. Au

Book Overview

This book is a sequel to the author's earlier volume entitled, Literacy Instruction in Multicultural Settings. In addition to extensive updating of earlier material, this book extends the content coverage to include issues of power, attitudes, and systemic change through the application of discourse theory and critical theory. In doing so, however, the author has tried to maintain the brevity, stylistic clarity, and classroom focus of the earlier...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805844015
• ISBN13: 9780805844016
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good Read

This book is a great read for anyone who teaches. Multicultural issues affect all teachers in the classroom and influence the learning of children. Even if the climate is homogenous, teachers need to be aware of how to deal with anomolies when students are not learning as they should. This book offers suggestions and details practices that are helpful. The programs can be applied to areas other than reading and writing.