TY - BOOK AU - DomNwachukwu,Chinaka Samuel TI - An introduction to multicultural education: from theory to practice SN - 9781607096832 : AV - LC1099.3 .D66 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Rowman & Littlefield Education KW - Multicultural education KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-276) and index; Humans as cultural beings : foundations for multicultural education -- Engaging the American cultural mosaic -- The crises of cross-cultural encounters -- Educational inequalities in American schools -- Historical foundations of multicultural education in the United States -- Title 1 categorical fund : a sample federal government attempt at educational equity -- American multilingualism and the challenge of English language learners in the American educational system -- Religious diversity and the public school systems -- Gender and women's rights in American educational history -- The learner and the educational process -- Exceptionality and learner-centered pedagogies for the regular education classroom -- Standards-based planning and teaching in a multicultural classroom ER -