Multicultural Education and the Internet

Overview

This brief, affordable book focuses on the Internet's ability to help facilitate multicultural ideals of inclusive, interactive, and collaborative teaching and learning. The first section covers practical strategies for using the Internet to supplement multicultural teaching practices and will list existing Internet resources with annotations. The second section provides detailed chapter-length lists of Internet resources such as ESL and bilingual sites, subject-specific multicultural sites, lesson plan sites, online journals, and more. Screen shots, site explanations from site creators, and short case essays by teachers who have used the Internet successfully in multicultural teaching practice expand each chapter.

Table of contents

Foreword by Christine Sleeter
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Multiculturality of the Internet
Chapter 3: The Digital Divide
Chapter 4: Progressive Pedagogy and the Internet
Chapter 5: Web Integration and Multicultural Curriculum Transformation
Chapter 6: Bridges and Dialogues: Online Networking for Educators
Chapter 7: Forging Communities for Educational Change with Email Discussion Groups
Chapter 8: Evaluating Educational Web Sites: A Multicultural Approach
Chapter 9: Digging through the Dirt: Locating Useful Multicultural Resources Online
Chapter 10: A Guide to Existing Resources: General
Chapter 11: A Guide to Existing Resources: Subject-Specific
Chapter 12: A Guide to Online Resources: Issues and Topics in Multicultural Education