Thriving in the Multicultural Classroom

In this practical resource, Mary Dilg hslps teachers understand and enjoy working with students from different cultural backgrounds. Focusing on the specialneeds of adolescents and drawing on over 25 years of experience teaching in urban schools across the U.S., Dilg recommends ways of thinking about curriculum and pedagogy that will enable both teachers and students to thrive in the multicultural classroom.

Mary Dilg teaches English at the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago

Series Foreword

vii

James A. Banks

Foreword

xiii

Vivian Gussin Paley

Acknowledgments

xv

Introduction: A Way of Seeing

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Of Cultures and Confusion

On Milieu and Methods

Factors in Cross-Cultural Teaching and Learning

Serving Our Students

Part I. Understanding the Multicultural Classroom: Supporting Our Students

From Home to School and Home Again

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Journeying Between Home and School

Home

School

Home Again

Bridging the Worlds of Home and School

Leaving

The Presence of History

38

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Three Histories, A Host of Histories

My Histories, Myself

History and You and I

Our Histories and the Curriculum

History as We Talk

Pedagogy and the Power of History

Conclusion

The Role of Racial or Cultural Identity

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My Name, Myself?

Who Am I?: Emerging Racial and Cultural Identities

Extensions of Myself: What Do Aspects of My Life Say About Me?

Who Are We in Relation to Each Other?

Where Do I Fit?

Must We Emphasize Racial or Cultural Identity?

What Does This Mean for the Teacher?

Our Classrooms as a Place for Who We Are

Conclusion

Multifaceted Discussions

90

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Wanting to Know/Afraid to Talk

Conversations, Language, and Culture

The Richness and Challenges of Multiple Perspectives

The Emotional Life of Discussions

The Self at the Center: Journeying Toward a Multicultural Perspective

Supporting Cross-Cultural Conversations

Conclusion

Authority Shared and Shifting

109

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Authority and Discussions

Authority and Voice in the Classroom

Challenges for Students

Challenges for Teachers

Savoring a Shared Authority

Sharing Authority in the Classroom

Conclusion

Anatomy of a Failure: The Impact of Curriculum/The Power of Pedagogy

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Carl Sandburg and the Multicultural Classroom

Knowledge Construction in the Classroom

A Poet's Perspective

A Teacher's Perspective

The Students' Perspectives

Anatomy of a Lesson

Examining Difficult Material

Knowledge Construction, Cultural Contexts, and Power

Curriculum, Pedagogy, and the Students

Writers on Race

Readers in the Multicultural Classroom

The Impact of Raced Readings on the Multicultural Classroom

Lessons on Teaching Raced Readings

Conclusion

Part II. Principles and Practice(s): Thoughts on Curriculum and Pedagogy

A Breadth of Materials: Reading Within and Across Cultural Lines

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Multicultural Reading Lists in the Classroom

How We Learn

Why We Read: The Self and the World

Critical Thinking in a Diverse World

Responding to the Critics of Multicultural Reading Lists

Conclusion

A Pedagogy of Belonging: Toward a Pedagogy of Multiculturalism

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Understanding the Pressures and Choices that Divide Us

Planning in a Multicultural Environment

Drawing on the Power Among Us

The Course of the Course: What Can We Expect?

Creating a Supportive Environment

Conclusion: Where's It All Going?

References

207

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Index

216

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About the Author

224

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Thriving in the Multicultural Classroom

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