This article argues that citizens must be woke and engaged in multicultural activism in order to bring about social justice and equity in the Twenty-First Century.

This article discusses the depoliticization of the language of social justice, multiculturalism, and multicultural education in this moment of neoliberalism and multiculturalism, and in each section includes both national and international examples of depolicizaton to point out the pervasiveness of depolicization throughout the world.…

The global immigration of people has increased the call by governments for multicultural education. Across the globe, in country after country, multicultural education have come to represent the theory and practice to teach majority and minority citizens and immigrants and to explore issues of policy and practice as it relates to: ethnicity,…

At the 2013 Annual Conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), Dr. Carl Grant was invited to deliver the Rose Duhon Sells Lecture. He presented a history on the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). The initial vision of multicultural education was created and carried out by several scholars, who…

What role might education play in the reinvigoration of a robust American democracy? We argue that common understandings of democracy, citizenship, and democratic education are too anemic to right the political inequalities and stagnancies that have deadened American democracy. Instead, we look to notions of "paideia" and an educated, enlightened…

This Fourth Edition contains many lesson plans that cover a variety of subject areas and grade levels (1-12), as well as action research activities that investigate the various dimensions of teaching. Many of the lesson plans are written by actual classroom teachers, and all of them have been examined by practicing teachers. More than simply a…

Insights into multicultural education practices are provided through the lens of the research literature. Two research ideologies are identified: research on multicultural education--the employment of the concepts and procedures of logical positivism to study the implementation of multicultural education, and multicultural education research--the…

This study examined how teacher education that is multicultural is implemented on campus, and whether student teachers use multicultural education concepts in their field experiences. (Author/MT)

Teacher educators need a philosophy consistent with an affirmation of multicultural education. Multicultural experiences must be integrated throughout the total teacher education program, involve both cognitive and affective learning, and have the acceptance and commitment of the entire teacher education faculty. (PP)

Reviews the literature on multicultural education; argues that much of the existing literature addresses limited aspects. Provides a taxonomy by which to define the term, examines its use, and criticizes various approaches. The framework is helpful for educators concerned with articulating issues of multicultural education. (Author/CH)

Describes five approaches that fall under the rubric of "multicultural education." Calls for an approach that enables students to become adults who will reconstruct a society that serves the needs of all groups. Presents six recommendations for developing a multicultural educational program that leads to attaining this goal. (KH)

Organization is held to be essential to the survival of multicultural education. A plan is described for first bringing together a small leadership group and then calling a large meeting of educational advocates for the purpose of addressing multicultural education as a social policy issue. (GC)

Examines discontent over standards of education and its relationship to current debates about multicultural education. The paper discusses the views of critics and advocates of multicultural education as well as of those who must implement it no matter what their stance. It also notes the effects of discontent on students. (SM)

Provides a definition of multicultural education (ME) and challenges the six myths most frequently voiced about it. The myths addressed include the argument that ME does little to eliminate structural inequalities, that it impedes learning the basic skills, that ME is the same as political correctness, and that ME rejects the notion of common…

Provides an overview of multicultural education's goals, methods, and content as represented in 68 English language books published since 1961. Offers recommendations for further development of the field. (JDH)