DOCUMENT RESUME ED 398 290 UD 029 986 AUTHOR Grant, Carl A., Ed. TITLE Toward Education That Is Multicultural. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Multicultural, Education (1st, February 15-17, 1991). INSTITUTION National Association for Multicultural Education. REPORT NO ISBN-0-382-16862-3 PUB DATE 92 NOTE 343p. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) Viewpoints (Opinion/Position Papers, Essays, etc.) (120) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC14 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Achievement; Conference Pl.oceedings; Counseling; *Cultural Pluralism; *Curriculum Development; Educational Change; fducational Planning; Elementary Secondary Education; Essays; Ethnic Groups; Higher Education; Inner City; Minority Groups; *Multicultural Education; Public Schools; Social Sciences; *Teacher Education; *Teaching Methods IDENTIFIERS Diversity (Groups) ABSTRACT Forty-three essays were delivered at a conference on multicultural education held in 1991 and explore the ideas, beliefs, research findings, philosophical roots, and direction of multicultural education, along with its policy, practice, and critical assessment. Salected essays and their authors include: "History and Philosophy of the National Association for Multicultural Education: Credit Cards and Blind Faith" (Duhon-Sells and Pritchy Smith); "Toward Education that is Multicultural: Introduction to the Proceedings" (Grant); "Multiculturalism and Education: A Conceptual Relationship" (Bitting and Mutisya); "Culturally Responsible Pedagogy: The 'Wisdom' of Multicultural Education" (Huber); "Multicultural Education: The Outlook, Outreach, and Outcome for the 1990s" (Wall,er and Jacobs); "Ethnic Teacher/Ethnic Student: What Is the Role of Shared Ethnicity in Achievement?" (Hodgden); "An Inner-City Teacher Exchange: Teaching the Black Child in Great Britain" (Haughton); "A Proposal for Cultural Diversity in Education: The Minnesota Model" (Warring and Frank); "Developing a Plan for Multicultural Education" (Foody, and others); "Multicultural, Nonsexist Behavior Management: The San Jose State University Model" (Grossman); "That of God in Every Person: Multicultural Education in a Quaker School" (O'Grady); "A Study of the EducationalExperiences of Black Male Correctional Center Inmates Who Attended Schools in Prince George's County, Maryland" (Reed); "A Multicultural Perspective for School and Curriculum Reform: Cultural Literacy and Infusion in Life Science" (LeBan); "Developing Teachers with a Multicultural Perspective: A Challenge and a Mission" (Ford); "Implementation of a Multicultural Education in a Teacher Training Program" (Kraig); "Infusing Multicultural Perspectives Across the Curriculum" (Burstein, and others); "Strategies for Effective Multicultural Education Policy in Teacher Education Programs" (Afolayan); "Collaboration as a Key to Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness in a Culturally Diverse Society: Implications for Public Schools and Universities" (Mantle); "Global Education for a Multicultural Society: An Essential Dimension in Teacher Education" (Matriano); "Multicultural Awareness: The Development of Blacks in Children's Literature from Its Earliest Inception through Contemporary Times" (Carver and Thompson); "Cultural Pluralism and the School Library" (Nauman); "Strategies for Instructing Culturally Diverse Students" (Person and others); and "Teaching Culture-Specific Counseling Using Microtraining Technology" (Nwachuka). (GLR) TOWARD EDUCATION THAT IS Multi Cultural PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION -PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS FEBRUARY 15-17, 1991 MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY A G N TO TH' EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFO!' MATION CENTER (ERIC)." ---41. U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Fdocanonal Resoa,ch aci improverna, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (CRICi 12(Thisdocument has been reproduced as received from the person or organinticr originating It El Minor changes have been made to CARL A. GRANT improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions staled in this C.S\ document do not necessarily reprelent EDITOR official OEM position or policy rs UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINMADISON BEST COPY AVAILABLE TOWARD EDUCATION THAT IS MULTICULTURAL Proceedings from the First Annual National Association for Multicultural Education Meeting,February 15 -17,1991 Carl A. Grant Editor University of Wisconsin-Madison 0 1992 National Association for Multicultural Education. Published by Silver Burdett Ginn Inc., Morristown, NJ ISBN 0-382-16862-3 3 Contents Section One: Introduction and History Chapter 1: History and Philosophy of the National Association for Multicultural Education: Credit Cards and Blind Faith Rose Duhon-Sells and G. Pritchy Smith 1 Chapter 2:Toward Education That Is Multicultural: Introduction to the Proceedings Carl A. Grant 5 Chapter 3: Multicultural Education: Examining the Why, What, How Carl A. Grant 10 Section Two: Perspectives Chapter 4: Visions of Multicultural Education for the 21st Century Rose Duhon-Sells 14 Chapter 5: Multiculturalism and Education: A Conceptual Relationship Paul Bitting and P. Masi la Mutisya 18 Cnapter 6: Culturally Responsible Pedagogy: The "Wisdom" of Multicultural Education Tonya Huber 28 Chapter 7: Multicultural Education: The Outlook, Outreach and Outcome for the 1990's Calvin Walker and Roy Jacobs 36 Section Three: Studying Multicultural Education Chapter 8: Ethnic Teacher/Ethnic Student: What Is the Role of Shared Ethnicity in Achievement? Aurora Sanchez Hodgden 42 Chapter 9: An inner-City Teacher Exchange: Teaching The Black Child in Great Britain Fannie M. Haughton 46 Chapter 10: A Proposal for Cultural Diversity in Education: The Minnesota Model Douglas Warring and Kerry Frank 55 Chapter 11:Developing a Plan for Multicultural Education Margaret Foody, Iverna Minor, Jill Stewart, Ronald K. Theel, Maxine Williams, Randy Williams, and Ernest C. Wood 62 4 ill Chapter 12:Multicultural, Nonsexist Behavior Management: The San Jose State University Model Herbert Grossman 67 Chapter 13:That of God In Every Person: Multicultural Education in a Quaker School Carolyn O'Grady 73 Chapter 14:Instructional Alignment Implications of Discrepancies Between Six Eighth-Grade Ethnic Groups' Language Arts Performance and High School English Teachers' Expectations William Scott Forney 84 Chapter 15: A Study of the Educational Experiences of Black Male Correctional Center Inmates Who Attended Schools in Prince George's County, Maryland Jacqueline Reed 98 Chapter 16:Improving Higher Education in the Social Sciences: A Culture and Value Sensitive Model Ram N. Singh 105 Chapter 17: A Multicultural Perspective for School and Curriculum Reform: Cultural Literacy and Infusion in Life Science Levon A. Le Ban 113 Section Four: Teacher Education Chapter 18:Preparing Teachers for Multicultural Classrooms Daisy Frye Reed 122 Chapter 19: Developing Teachers with a Multicultural Perspective: A Challenge and a Mission Barbara Ford 132 Chapter 20:Implementation of a Multicultural Education in a Teacher Training Program Glen M. Kraig 139 Chapter 21:Multicultural Issues in Teacher Education: Meeting the Challenge of Student Diversity Judson Hixson 148 Chapter 22:Infusing Multicultural Perspectives Across the Curriculum Nancy Burstein, Sr. Kieran Vaughan, Anne Wilcoxen and Vicki Brewer 161 Chapter 23:Multicultural/International Education and Teacher Training Sarah E. Wright 171 Chapter 24:Strategies for Effective Multicultural Education Policy in Teacher Education Programs Johnson A. Afolayan 176 iv Chapter 25:Collaboration as a Key to Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness in a Culturally Diverse Society: Implications for Public Schools and Universities Judy A. Mantle 181 Chapter 26:Global Education for a Multicultural Society: An Essential Dimension in Teacher Education Este la C. Matriano 189 Chapter 27: The International Studies Teacher Enrichment Center: A Model of School-College Collaboration in Tennessee James G. Hart 197 Section Five: Curriculum Chapter 28:Curriculum Choice: A Key Ingredient for Promoting LiteracyOr Illiteracy Mary Jane Nations 203 Chapter 29:"Lives in Context" A Multicultural Course Constance Counts 214 Chapter 30:Family Pedagogy: An Important Factor in Emerging Literacy Jean M. Parenteau 222 Chapter 31: Combating American Indian Stereotypes Through Literature Study Jim Charles 228 Chapter 32:Multicultural Awareness: The Development of Blacks in Children's Literature from its Earliest Inception Through Contemporary Times Helen Bush Carver and Mary Thompson 240 Chapter 33:Cultural Pluralism and the School Library Ann K. Nauman 247 Chapter 34:Pride in Free People of Color: The Creole-Louisiana Connection (1803-1865) Aline M. Stomfay-Stitz 253 Chapter 35:Beyond Miseducation: A Global Analysis of African Education Collette M. Hopkins 261 Section Six: Instruction Chapter 36:Multicultural Education: The Learning Style Aspect Dorothy N. Bowen and Earle A. Bowen 266 Chapter 37:Perspective and Multicultural Education: How Background, Orientation and Focus Influence Learning William S. Forney and Judith C. Forney 277 Chapter 38:Building a Common Culture in the Classroom Fred Muskal 291 Chapter 39:Strategies for Instructing Culturally Diverse Students William A. Person, Neil Amos, and Robert L. Jenkins 300 Chapter 40: Promoting Content Literacy for the Culturally Different in the Secondary Classroom Emma T. Pitts 304 Chapter 41: A Select Group of African American Males' Perceptions of Barriers to Successfully Achieving the Typical Male Familial RoIeImplications