Multicultural Education Subject Guide
Multicultural education is an educational philosophy that promotes recognition, tolerance, and affirmation of racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious, gender, socioeconomic, age, and ability differences among all students and faculty. The beginnings of multicultural education are usually attributed to the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s. Proponents of multicultural education frequently advocate pedagogical and curricular change, social justice, school reform, and political activism as a means of ensuring educational equality for students of all backgrounds. Prominent scholars in the field of multicultural education include James A. Banks, Sonia Nieto, Carl A. Grant, Christine E. Sleeter, Cameron McCarthy, and Peter McLaren.
| Introductory Resources |
| Subject Introduction |
“Definition of Multicultural Education”
National Association for Multicultural Education, February 1, 2003
http://www.nameorg.org/resolutions/definition.html
An Introduction to Multicultural Education
James A. Banks
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994
LC1099.3 .B36 1994
| Reference Books |
Dictionary of Multicultural Education
Carl A. Grant and Gloria Ladson-Billings, eds.
Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1997
LC1099 .D53 1997
The Dictionary of Multicultural Education offers concise definitions of common multicultural education vocabulary terms, along with references for further research.
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education
Bruce M. Mitchell and Robert E. Salsbury
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999
LC1099.3 .M58 1999 / Electronic Version (eBook)
The Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education contains brief definitions, histories, background information, and references for further research on major figures and terms prominent in multicultural education.
Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, 2nd ed.
James A. Banks and Cherry A. McGee Banks eds.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004
LC1099.3 .H35 2004
The Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education is a collection of research articles and essays on the history, development, theories, issues, and controversies associated with multicultural education. It also includes extensive reference lists for further research.
| Find Books & Media |
Books and media in the APU University Libraries can be found by using the APOLIS2 online catalog.
| Subject Headings & Call Number Ranges |
APU also has an extensive multicultural children's literature collection on the 3rd floor of Marshburn Library. To identify titles, try searching for a keyword (e.g., “hispanic”) in APOLIS2, limiting your search to “Children's Literature.”
| Books |
Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education, 4th ed.
Sonia Nieto
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2004
LC1099.3 .N54 2004
Comprehensive Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice, 3rd ed.
Christine I. Bennett
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1995
LC1099.3 .B46 1995
Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives, 4th ed.
James A. Banks and Cherry A. McGee-Banks, eds.
New York: Wiley, 2001
LC1099.3 .M85 2001
Multicultural Education for the 21st Century
Carlos Díaz, ed.
Washington, D.C.: NEA Professional Library, National Education Association, 1992
LC1099.3 .M83 1992
| Media By Subject |
Cross-cultural Orientation
Education– Bilingual
Multicultural Education
Minorities – Education
| Subject Bibliographies |
Promoting a Global Community Through Multicultural Children's Literature
Stanley F. Steiner
Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2001
Z5814 .I5 S74 2001
| Resources in Non-APU Libraries |
| LINK+ | LINK+ is a single catalog for 40+ California libraries that have a cooperative borrowing and lending arrangement for books only. This service is for APU faculty, staff and students, and is free. Items usually come within 2-3 work days. |
| WorldCat | WorldCat is a single catalog for hundreds of North American and international libraries. Books and other library resources may be requested from this catalog through the interlibrary loan service. This service is for APU faculty, staff and students, and costs $2.00 per item requested. Items usually come within 7-10 work days. |
| Find Journal Articles |
Print journals in the APU University Libraries can be found by using the APOLIS2 online catalog. Besides the print collection of journals, you may also obtain journal articles through many of APU Libraries' online databases.
| Journals |
| Journal Title | Available Formats |
| Multicultural Education | |
| Multicultural Perspectives | |
| MultiCultural Review |
| Print Periodical Indexes |
Education Index
New York: The H. W. Wilson Company
Z5813 .E23 (vs. 1-55, 77)
| Databases |
For a description of each database, go to the online resources page and look up the database by title.
Academic Search Premier
Alternative Press Index
Education Full Text
ERIC
SocINDEX with Full Text
| Getting Journal Articles |
| Periodical Finder | Sometimes while using a database, article records are found without any corresponding full-text article. Use Periodical Finder to see whether or not the article can be found in full-text in a different database. It can also be used to look up the full-text availability of items found in bibliographies. |
| Articles not at APU | If a journal article is unavailable in either the print journal collection or one of the online databases, it can be requested through interlibrary loan. |
| Find Internet Resources |
| Professional Organizations/Government Agency Websites |
National Association for Multicultural Education
| Other Websites |
Center for Multicultural Education
Based at the University of Washington, the Center for Multicultural Education collects and sponsors research “related to equity issues, intergroup relations, and the achievement of all students.”
The Educator’s Reference Desk: Multicultural Education
This guide contains lesson plans and recommended web sites for teachers of multicultural education.
Multicultural Pavilion
The Multicultural Pavilion is maintained by Paul C. Gorski, a professor of education at Hamline University, and includes lesson plans, classroom activities, and research on multicultural education.
| Free Online Journals |
Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education
| Blogs/RSS Feeds |
You can subscribe to each of the feeds listed below individually, or save the following file to your computer, then import it into your feed reader for an instant subscription to all 6 blogs/feeds: http://home.apu.edu/~kwilcox/multiculturaled.opml
Don’t have a feed reader? Try Google Reader (https://www.google.com/reader/) or Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com/).
New York Times – Education Articles:
Page: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html?partner=rssnyt
Feed: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Education.xml
Eduwonk:
Page: http://www.eduwonk.com
Feed: http://www.eduwonk.com/atom.xml
Educational Justice:
Page: http://edjustice.blogspot.com
Feed: http://edjustice.blogspot.com/atom.xml
D-Ed Reckoning:
Page: http://d-edreckoning.blogspot.com
Feed: http://d-edreckoning.blogspot.com/atom.xml
This Week In Education:
Page: http://thisweekineducation.blogspot.com
Feed: http://thisweekineducation.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Edspresso:
Page: http://www.edspresso.com
Feed: http://www.edspresso.com/index.xml
Written by Subject Specialist Kimberley Wilcox, September 3, 2007
