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Multicultural Special Education: Culturally Responsive Teaching Paperback – 26 July 2006

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This comprehsive text is designed for courses in multicultural special education and courses where diversity is the focus when working with students with special needs. Edited by the expert in multicultural special education, each chapter focuses on the fundamental principles of special education and their connection to appropriate educational programming and services for multicultural learners based on the research and experience in the fields of special and general education. Each chapter, written by a well-known researcher in that area, opens with a case and application, and concludes with discussion questions with references fostering the reader to critically think about being responsive to teaching all learners.

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    336 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Pearson
  4. Publication date
    26 July 2006
  5. Dimensions
    19.05 x 1.78 x 23.37 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0131178121
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0131178120
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Multicultural Special Education

Culturally Responsive Teaching

Festus E. Obiakor

Because of recent demographic changes in our society, general and special educators are challenged to look for innovative ways to maximize all students' potenital in school programs. As a result, there has been a need for culturally responsive resources. Multicultural Special Education: Culturally Responsive Teaching is a timely book that examines multiculturalism, disability, and education, and focuses on how general and special education teachers and practitioners can make education better for multicultural learners with and without exceptionalities. This innovative book, written by leaders in the field of Multicultural Special Education, makes the case for educating teachers to work with all students.

The foundations of this book are based on the following fundamental assumptions that must guide general and special educators and service providers:

    • All students can learn in least restrictive environments.
    • All learners can maximize their fullest potential when taught by well-prepared teachers.
    • Language is a part of culture and culture is a part of all human existence.
    • Education is a powerful tool that advances all members of the society.
    • Good teachers are good students who consistently learn how to teach all learners.

Chapters focus on the multicultural aspects of the federally defined categories of exceptionality, disability throughout the lifespan, and the future perspectives of multicultural education. The book also includes:

    • Thinking About Multicultural Special Education--a chapter-opening case study--that sets the stage for themes and ideas presented throughout the chapter
    • A Culturally Responsive Educator--strategies at the end of each chapter detailing what to do to be an effective educator
    • Discussion Questionsthat evaluate the reader's knowledge base and advance problem-solving skills

To view the website that accompanies this text, please go to http://www.prenhall.com/obiakor.

About the Author

Festus E. Obiakor, Ph.D., is Department Head and Professor, Early Childhood and Special Education, Dewar College of Education and Human Services, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia. A teacher, scholar, and consultant, he has served as Distinguished Visiting Professor at a variety of universities. He is the author of more than 150 publications, including books, articles, and commentaries; and he has presented papers at many national and international conferences. He serves on the editorial boards of reputable nationally and internationally refereed journals, including Multicultural Learning and Teaching (MLT) in which he serves as co-executive Editor. Obiakor is a leader who has been involved in many landmark scholarly works in the fields of general and special education, with particular focus on African American and other culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners and he continues to prescribe multidimensional methods of assessment, teaching, and intervention for these individuals. Based on this premise, he created the Comprehensive Support Model (CSM), an intervention model that values the collaborative, consultative, and cooperative energies of students, families, teachers/service providers, communities, and government agencies.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson (26 July 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0131178121
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0131178120
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 1.78 x 23.37 cm
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Kristine Hassler
2.0 out of 5 stars Better for administrators; not a practical tool for teachers.
Reviewed in the United States on 22 February 2011
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While I was reading, I found myself presented with a lot of daunting problems without practical solutions. There were many valid and good questions posited, ones that I believe educators certainly need to address. However, the solutions were either left unstated or without a practical way to implement them. Yes, teachers need to be able to "think outside the box" and solve problems, but right now, most special educators are already overwhelmed. This book would be more complete if it offered more resources to make the job of a special educator less complicated than it already is.

The book presents too broad an argument: there are too many multi-cultural kiddos in special education because the system is biased. You need to change practice to unbias the system. Then, you'll have less over-representation in classrooms. But, to accomplish this, EVERYONE needs to become unbiased. Right. Thank you for that insight. Now what? A broad argument like that is better directed to the administrators who are in charge of screening for the best assessment tools out there, not the special educators who have to deal with the mess after the child has been misdiagnosed and shuffled into their classrooms.

Though the book definitely offered helpful hints to educators that will aid in addressing multi-cultural needs, it left me feeling more frustrated in regards to the outstanding problem rather than empowered to do something about it. That's ironic: most of the book was about empowerment and how to make sure that happens for the multi-cultural family.
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Jacob Perez
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for Multicultural Perspectives and attempting to expand perspectives...
Reviewed in the United States on 26 November 2012
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Good book! Gives good examples that apply to even our populations out here in the middle of the Pacific. Seems to have universal applicability as long as focus is on how the book's content may apply to localized populations. This book coupled with multicultural presenters or perspectives from those outside of our cultural comfort levels are great assets for learning through real world examples.
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vivo
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on 13 August 2015
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The book was quite satisfactory for my purposes and the few imperfections did not worry me at all.
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SueKier
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on 20 July 2015
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What can I say? It's a text book.
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