MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: A Caring-Centered Reflective Approach.MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: A Caring-Centered Reflective Approach. V.O. Pang. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2001, 290pp. $38.75. Valerie Ooka Pang presents a multiplicity of data on multicultural models and frameworks, many of which are clearly depicted on charts, lists, and tables. This clearly conceptualized, well-researched book should certainly be included in any serious attempt at defining and grappling with the issues of multicultural education in the 21st century. Pang delineates six phases to follow in developing caring-centered multicultural education: understand the ethic of caring, review and eliminate prejudice and discrimination, understand the importance of culture, learn and utilize culturally relevant teaching Culturally relevant teaching and learning is a method of teaching and learning that builds on and values the cultural experiences and knowledge of all participants regardless of whether they are from the dominant culture. , blend and integrate caring and social justice into teaching and the school, and design and implement classroom and structural school change. Pang builds her concepts on the caring-centered philosophical framework of Carl Rogers Noun 1. Carl Rogers - United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987) Rogers and Jerome Freiberg, who believed "that the development of strong caring relationships was key to a foundation for humanistic hu·man·ist n. 1. A believer in the principles of humanism. 2. One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans. 3. a. A classical scholar. b. A student of the liberal arts. schools. Elements that they identified were teacher empathy, positive school climate, and trusting relationships" (p. 55). This is a relatively short, user-friendly, dynamic book; cartoons add a bit of whimsy whim·sy also whim·sey n. pl. whim·sies also whim·seys 1. An odd or fanciful idea; a whim. 2. A quaint or fanciful quality: stories full of whimsy. to an otherwise serious discourse on negotiating personal and school cultures. The book is invaluable for all those who are sincere in their attempts to understand themselves and others. Reviewed by Frances Y. Lowden, Associate Professor, Medgar Evers Noun 1. Medgar Evers - United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963) Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers College/City University of New York There is no institution of higher education in the State of New York or the United States of America that bears the name University of New York. However, in confusion, it is possible that such a reference may regard the following: |
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