Multicultural Education for Learners with Special Needs in the Twenty-First Century
Produktdetaljer
Multicultural Education for Learners with Special Needs in the Twenty-First Century provides general and special educators innovative information that address the road blocks to effective practice such that diverse learners will be appropriately; identified, assessed, categorized, placed and instructed. The book provides those who instruct diverse learners comprehensive, creative and best practice chapters by scholars in the area of multicultural education.
The book is an important addition to the education of multicultural learners with special needs as it provides much needed direction for the effective instructional practices for today’s diverse students. The book can be used as current best practices for special and general educators as well as school administrators.
This book offers innovative information for educators to effectively identify, assess, categorize, place, and instruct diverse learners. It provides best practices and direction for teaching multicultural learners with special needs, useful for educators and administrators.
List of Contributors
Preface.
Chapter 1. Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners With Special Needs: The Rationale, Festus E. Obiakor and Satasha L. Green.
Chapter 2. Disproportionate Representation in Special Education: A Persistent Stain on the Field, Laurel M. Garrick Duhaney.
Chapter 3. Making Assessment Authentic for Multicultural Learners With Special Needs, Tes Mehring.
Chapter 4. Educating Latina/o Students With Special Needs, Barbara J. Dray and Peter Vigil.
Chapter 5. Educating African American Learners With Special Needs, Tachelle Banks.
Chapter 6. Educating Asian American Students With Exceptional Needs, Ying Hui-Michael.
Chapter 7. Educating Native American Learners With Exceptionalities, Scott Sparks and Abdullah Al Odail.
Chapter 8. Educating Foreign-Born Immigrants: Today's Special Learners in Schools, Festus E. Obiakor, Cheryl A. Utley, and Sean Warner.
Chapter 9. Preparing Teachers and Administrators to Educate Multicultural Learners With Special Needs, Floyd D. Beachum and Carlos R. McCray.
Chapter 10. Using Technology to Educate Multicultural Learners With Special Needs, Howard P. Parette, Jr. and Jeffrey P. Bakken.
Chapter 11. Implementing Culturally Responsive Behavior Management Techniques to Teach Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners With Special Needs, Cheryl A. Utley and Anthony F. Rotatori.