Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Books

This book explores the reflective potentialities offered by analyses of teachers' professional learning narratives. The book has a specific focus on narratives on professional learning and professional identities emerging from different contexts and...

Lorsqu'elle avait sept ans, en Tunisie, son père lui a impose le port du voile. Un mari violent a par la suite continue l'ouvrage de destruction d'une femme qui voulait vivre, et vivre libre.L'asile politique et l'immigration au Canada n'ont pas réussi...

This book contains the life story of a young man born in England in 1932, his many adventures in life as his restless spirit brought him to Canada at the age of 19, the many incidents and "near-death" experiences that made him wonder if there...

This is a story of the unexpected.In Destined to Witness, Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir -- an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. The son of a prominent African and a German nurse, Hans...

For preservice candidates and novice teachers facing the challenges of feeling underprepared to teach in urban schools, this book offers a framework for conceptualizing, planning, and engaging in powerful teaching. Veteran teacher educator Etta...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications.  Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of...

Indigenous rights in Australia are at a crossroads. Over the past decade, neo-liberal governments have reasserted their claim to land in Australia, and refuse to either negotiate with the Indigenous owners or to make amends for the damage done by...

Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education: From Stereotypes to Multiple Possibilities introduces much-needed updates to research and teaching philosophies that envision new ways of considering gender diversity in music education. This volume of...

Teacher empowerment is a psychological and socio-structural motivational process that enhances teacher performance and self-expression. The current conceptualisations of Teacher Empowerment, available in extant literature, have been constructed in an...

Focusing on the geographies between the Mekong and the Indus, this book brings objects to the centre of enquiry in the understanding of modern Asian frontiers. It explores how a range of objects have historically been significant bearers and agents of...

Why is there a need to rethink madrasah education? What is the positioning of Muslims in contemporary society, and how are they prepared? What is the role of the ulama in the reform process? This book explores these questions from the perspective of...

Education and Extremisms addresses one of the most pressing questions facing societies today: how is education to respond to the challenge of extremism? It argues that the implementation of new teaching techniques, curricular reforms or top-down changes...

Feminist Perspectives on Teaching Masculinities looks at teaching non-hegemonic forms of masculinities and highlights their diversity. The collection foregrounds and discusses concepts which are described and gathered as positive, caring, and inclusive...

This book is designed to help you bring mindfulness and social justice to the forefront of your education practice, so you can work toward self-actualization and social transformation. Author Raquel Ríos offers instructional practices, coaching...

The volume attempts to gauge and analyse the level of denial and deprivation faced by Indian Muslims by evaluating their status after a gap of several years of Sachar Committee (2006) and Rangnath Mishra Commission (2007) Reports. It presents and...

Culturally Responsive Education: Reflections from the Global South and North examines culturally responsive education's contribution to sustainable development and explores ways in which educational practitioners respond to cultures in and around...

If you still think Canadians are not racist, this book will open your eyes to a different reality.This memoir spans the author's lifetime: childhood in Trinidad where classism is a theme throughout; immigration to Canada at the age of nineteen, which...

Tôi sinh ra ở Montreal vào năm 1969 khi cuộc "Cách mạng Thầm lặng" của Québec khởi đầu; một cuộc cách mạng chống lại Giáo hội Kitô giáo (và các phong tục chính trị -xã hội và gia truyền thống của nó), và chính phủ Canada ở Ottawa; một cuộc...

In the sixteenth century, in what is now modern-day Peru and Bolivia, Andean communities were forcibly removed from their traditional villages by Spanish colonizers and resettled in planned, self-governed towns modeled after those in Spain. But rather...

A New York Times Notable Book - Lambda Literary Award Winner - Long-listed for the PEN Open Book Award"Charles Blow is the James Baldwin of our age." -- Washington Blade"[An] exquisite memoir . . . Delicately wrought and arresting."...

This stunning new edition retains the book's broad aims, intended audience, and multidisciplinary approach. New chapters take into account the more current backdrop of globalization, particularly events such as 9/11, and attendant developments that make...

In recent years citizenship has emerged as a very important topic in the sciences, mainly as a result of the effects of migration, population displacements and cultural heterogeneity. This book focuses on educational enterprise and how it affects...

In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had...

What Does It Mean To Grow Up Chicana/o?When I was growing up, I never read anything in school by anyone who had a "Z" in their last name. This anthology is, in many ways, a public gift to that child who was always searching for herself whithin the pages...

In the books available to Patricia Riley as a child, Native Americans were almost always depicted as exotic, cultural artifacts from the past, the stereotypical "Vanishing Americans, " sometimes noble, but always backward savages on their way out, and...

Drawing on a rich variety of participatory action research (PAR) methods including ethnographic observation, artefact collection, focus groups, and interviews, this volume explores the transformational potential of development programs which actively...

The book provides a comprehensive theoretical exploration of LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools drawing on critical insights from across the disciplines of sociology, psychology, history, and queer theory to present a robust theoretical foundation for...

Self-determined First Nations Museums and Colonial Contestation explores Indigenous practices of curation, object repatriation and cross-cultural community engagement in a dynamic Koori museum.

In How Far is it to Muscowequan School?, Nelson Bryksa tackles Canada's systemic racism. The book highlights his personal opinions of how immigrants to Canada were used to further racist policies of colonial governments. Drawing upon a significant...