Review: Bilingual Education Research Handbook: Strategies for the Design of Multicultural Curriculum and Language Issues in Multicultural Settings Edited by Martha Montero

Analysis of Multicultural Education component In Textbooks

The present paper aims to investigate the amount of multi-cultural education components in the textbooks of secondary schools from 2013 to 2014. It is conducted through text-analysis. The components of Multi-cultural education were initially collected from theoretical text and research background using document analysis and then they were numbered in the textbooks of secondary schools. The unit...

Multicultural Issues

It has been argued that Latino children may be at a disadvantage in their early school adjustment due to disparities between the cultural values and goals of Latino families and those emphasized in U.S. schools (e.g., Delgado-Gaitan, 1994; Goldenberg & Gallimore, 1995). The purpose of the present study was to compare the cultural values and goals of Mexican-origin parents and their children’s H...

A longitudinal study of multicultural curriculum in medical education

OBJECTIVE To evaluate impact a multicultural interclerkship had on students' perception of knowledge, interview skills, and empathy towards serving culturally diverse populations and role student demographics played in learning. METHODS Data extracted from students' self-reported course evaluations and pre/post questionnaires during multiculturalism interclerkship across 11 academic years. In...

Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform

Multicultural issues in autism.

The professional literature provides ample evidence that individuals with autism exhibit a myriad of unusual social, communication, and behavioral patterns of interactions that present challenges to their families and service providers. However, there is a dearth of quality works on multicultural issues regarding autistic spectrum disorders. In this article, we explore issues surrounding autism...