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References on Cultural Identity Issues

Bosher, S. (1997). Language and cultural identity: A study of Hmong students at the postsecondary level. TESOL Quarterly, 31, 593-603.

Boutte, G. (2002). Resounding voices: School experiences of people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Clayton, J. (1996). Your land, my land: Children in the process of acculturation. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Hmong Youth Cultural Awareness Project. (1994). A free people: Our stories, our voices, our dreams.  Minneapolis, MN: Hmong Youth Cultural Awareness Project.

Ibrahim, A. (1999). Becoming black: Rap and hip-hop, race, gender, identity, and the politics of ESL learning.  TESOL Quarterly, 33, 349-369.

Norton Pierce, B. (1995). Social identity, investment, and language learning.  TESOL Quarterly, 29, 9-31.

Norton, B. (1997). Language, identity, and the ownership of English.  TESOL Quarterly, 31, 409-429.

Norton, B. (2000). Identity and language learning: Gender, ethnicity, and educational change.  Harlow, U.K.: Pearson Education.

Ogulnick, K., (Ed.) (2000). Language crossings:  negotiating the self in a multi-cultural world. New York:  Teachers College Press, Columbia University.

Phelan, P., Davidson, A. & Cao, H. (1991). Students’ multiple worlds: Negotiating the boundaries of family, peer, and school cultures. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 22.

Watkins-Goffman, L. (2001). Lives in two languages: An exploration of identity and culture. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.

Yeh, C. & Drost, C. (2002). Bridging identities among ethnic minority youth in schools.  ERIC Digest. ED462511.

References on Curricular Issues

Grant, C. A., & Steeter, C. E. (2003). Turning on learning:  Five approaches for multicultural teaching plans for race, class, gender, and disability. New York: Wiley/Jossey-Bass Education.

Nieto, S. (2000). Affirming diversity:  The sociopolitical context of multicultural education (3rd ed.). New York: Addison Wesley Longman.

References on Parental Involvement Issues

Ariza, E. N. (2000). Actions speak louder than words--or do they?  Debunking the myth of apathetic immigrant parents in education. Contemporary Education, 71(3), 36-38.

Brilliant, C. D. G. (2001). Parental involvement in education: attitudes and activities of Spanish-speakers as affected by training. Bilingual Research Journal, 25(3), 251-274.

Cassity, J., & Harris, S. L. (2000). Parents of ESL students: a study of parental involvement. NASSP Bulletin, 84(619), 55-62.

Pena, D. C. (1999). Mexican-American family involvement. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 35(4), 166-169.

Pena, D. C. (2000). Parent involvement: influencing factors and implications. The Journal of Educational Research, 94(1), 42-54.

Smrekar, C., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2001). The voices of parents: rethinking the intersection of family and school. Peabody Journal of Education, 76(2), 75-100.

Sosa, A. S. (1997). Involving Hispanic parents in educational activities through collaborative relationships. Bilingual Research Journal, 21(2-3), 285-293.

Timm, J. T. (1994). Hmong values and American education. Equity & Excellence in Education, 27, 36-44.

Banks, J. A. & McGee Banks, C. A.  (2003).  Multicultural education: issues & perspectives.  4th edition

Resources on Student-Teacher Relationship Issues

List of essays and articles on multicultural education: 
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/sites/essays.html

Bowman, B. T. (1994). Cultural diversity and academic achievement. Retrieved October 30, 2002 from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le0bow.htm.

Chamberlain, Steven P., et al., (1999). Intercultural communication in the classroom. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Lab.

Gopaul-McNicol, S.  (2001). Training urban school counselors and psychologists to work with culturally, linguistically, urban, and ethnically diverse populations. MultiCultural Review, 10(3), 38-41. 

Howe, W. A., & Pang, V. O.  (2000). Overcoming resistance. MultiCultural Review, 9(3), 32-39.

Kozol, J.  (1991). Savage inequalities: Children in America’s schools.  New York: Harper Perennial. 

Landsman, J. (2001). A white teacher talks about race. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.

Lisi, P. L., & Howe, W. A.  (1999).  Supporting teachers in becoming multicultural educators. MultiCultural Review, 8(3), 30-40.

Schmidt, Patricia R. (1999).  Know thyself and understand others. Language Arts, 76(4), 332-40.

Nieto, S.  (2000).  Affirming diversity: The sociopolitical context of multicultural education (3rd ed.).  New York: Addison Wesley Longman

Palmer, P. J. (2002). The courage to teach: exploring the inner landscape of a teacher’s life. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Tatum, B.D. (1997). Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? New York: Basic Books.

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