So, how do I teach them? Understanding multicultural education and culturally relevant pedagogy

Reflective Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 592-602

  Saint Hilaire, Line Augustin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural diversity; culturally relevant pedagogy; multicultural education; science teacher education; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912051088     PISSN: 14623943     EISSN: 14701103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2014.900026     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Atwater, M. M. (1993). Multicultural science education. Assumptions and alternative views. The Science Teacher, 60, 33–37.
2. Banks, C.A.M., & Banks, J. A. (1995). Equity pedagogy: An essential component of multicultural education. Theory into Practice, 34, 152–158.
3. Banks, J. A. (1977). Pluralism and educational concepts: Clarification. Peabody Journal of Education, 54, 73–78.
4. Banks, J. A. (1993). Multicultural education: Historical development, dimensions, and practice. Review of Research in Education, 19, 3–49.
5. Banks, J. A. (1995). Multicultural education: Historical development, dimensions, and practices. In J.A. Banks & C.A.M. Banks (Eds.), Handbook of research on multicultural education (pp. 3–24). New York, NY: Macmillan.
6. Banks, J. A., & Banks, C. A. M. (1997). Multicultural education: Issues and perspectives (6th ed.). Hoboken: Wiley.
7. Bennett, C. I. (1990). Comprehensive multicultural education: theory and practice (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
8. Bennett, C. I. (2001). Genres of research in multicultural education. Review of Educational Research, 71, 171–217.
9. Boyle-Baise, M. (1999). Bleeding boundaries or uncertain center? A historical exploration of multicultural education. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 14, 191–215.
10. Erickson, F. (2009). Culture in society and in educational practices. In J. A. Banks & C. A. M. Banks (Eds.), Multicultural education issues and perspectives (pp. 31–60). Hoboken: Wiley.
11. Gay, G. (2000). Culturally responsive teaching. Theory, research and practice. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
12. Gay, R. (2011). New dimensions for the multicultural education course. AILACTE Journal, 8, 36–52.
13. Kincheloe, J. L. (2005). Critical pedagogy. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
14. Ladson-Billings, G. (1992). Culturally relevant teaching: The key to making multicultural education work. In C. A. Grant (Ed.), Research and multicultural education: From the margins to the mainstream (pp. 106–121). London: Falmer Press.
15. Ladson-Billings, G. (1995a). But that’s just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy. Theory into Practice, 34, 159–165.
16. Ladson-Billings, G. (1995b). Toward a theory of culturally relevant pedagogy. American Educational Research Journal, 32, 465–491.
17. Moll, L. C., Amanti, C., Neff, D., & Gonzalez, N. (1992). Funds of knowledge for teaching: Using a qualitative approach to connect homes and classrooms. Theory into Practice, 31, 132–141.
18. Nieto, S. (1992). Affirming diversity: The sociopolitical context of multicultural education. New York, NY: Longman.
19. Parker, W. C. (2003). Teaching democracy: Unity and diversity in public life. New York, NY: Teachers College.
20. Phillion, J. (2002a). Narrative multiculturalism. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 34, 265–279.
21. Phillion, J. (2002b). Classroom stories of multicultural teaching and learning. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 34, 281–300.
22. Saifer, S., Edwards, K., Ellis, D., Ko, L., & Stuczynski, A. (2011). Culturally responsive standards-based teaching. Classroom to community and back. Thousand Oaks, CA: Education Northwest and Corwin Press.
23. Saint-Hilaire, L. A. (2014). Enactment of chemistry knowledge by a high school student at a summer program. In K. Tobin & A. Shady (Eds.), Transforming urban education: Collaborating to produce success in science, mathematics and technology education, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (In press).
24. Phillips, K., & Saint-Hilaire, L. A. (2007). Failing or not failing: An unusual enactment of agency. (Unpublished work). Presented at the 8th annual Sharing Our Success in Math and Science Teaching Conference, New York, NY.
25. Sleeter, C. E. (2001). Preparing teachers for culturally diverse schools: Research and the overwhelming presence of whiteness. Journal of Teacher Education, 52, 95–106.
26. Sleeter, C. E., & Grant, C. A. (1991). Mapping terrains of power: Student cultural knowledge versus classroom knowledge. In C. E. Sleeter (Ed.), Empowerment through multicultural education (pp. 49–68). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
27. Tobin, K. (2008). In search of new lights: Getting the most from competing perspectives. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 3, 227–230.