Presents a rationale for introducing multiethnic studies into elementary and secondary social studies classrooms and explains how community resources can help students understand themselves and others. Learning activities based on the televised version of Alex Haley's "Roots" are suggested. (Author/DB)

Describes twelve multicultural novels, two short stories, and several poems, and suggests how they might be taught in the English classroom. (DD)

This article proposes a class project in Afro-American culture based on the dual perspective of 1) the role of ethnicity in the learning process and 2) the relevance of youth culture for junior and senior high school curricula. (Auth.)

Focuses on culture examined in the unique context of South Africa. Makes visible both conceptual difficulties in its formulation and also difficulties with respect to its interpretation into educational practice. Also explores a critique of ethnomathematics using the South African situation and conceptual tools of a critical mathematics education.…

Examines issues of Maori knowledge within a university curriculum. Discusses the reframing of Maori knowledge and world views as knowable within colonizing Western epistemologies. Examines three Maori beliefs (interrelationships and animate nature of all things and accessibility of "unseen" worlds to humans) that were considered…

Discusses the issue that women of color are dealt with as anomalies in psychological research, noting that research paradigms are actually focused on White, middle-class populations. It examines the methodological and theoretical transformations that have occurred in the literature and evaluates the extent to which researchers have successfully…

Examines elements in theories shaping comparative ethnicity research. Outlines methodological orientations in comparative ethnic studies: policy advocacy, qualitative methods, and quantitative analysis. Discusses the school as the unit through which researchers can measure indicators of economic equity, democracy, and resource allocation according…

To remain a free and pluralistic society, we can neither do away with the Western canon nor exclude the contributions of non-European ethnic groups. Given the tremendous social class and racial cleavages in U.S. society, claims that studies of ethnic diversity will threaten national cohesion are unfounded. (17 references) (MLH)

Critical pedagogy requires flexible, adventurous teachers who question the politics of knowledge. Cross-disciplinary women's and black studies programs reformulate knowledge and attempt to reconstruct social imagination in the service of human freedom. A University of Iowa women's studies course uses strategies to help students reconstruct…

Like many other culturally and linguistically diverse students, Native Hawaiians are over-represented among those in special education, score lower on standardized achievement tests, and are at greater risk for dropping-out. The Hawaiian Studies Program (HSP) was a culturally relevant academic program that incorporated learning about Hawaiian…

Considering what it means to be a citizen, this book examines the effects of greater ethnic awareness on U.S. education. The book agrees that the upsurge in ethnic awareness has had some healthy consequences, but fears that concentrating too much on the differences among people poses the danger of fragmenting society. Instead of a transformative…

An outline of evaluation guidelines for multicultural education is provided as an aid to local Washington state school districts. The guidelines are divided into sections on curriculum, instruction, and staff development. Within each section, a goal statement is followed by specific recommendations. For example, to achieve the instructional goal…

Students need to be taught about contemporary American society, says the author. As well, ethnic studies programs should focus on the day-to-day lives of ethnic groups rather than being concerned with the extent that they are becoming Americanized. (Author/RK)