Unfortunately we do not have a summary for this item at the moment

Introduction, Peter B. Mosenthal and Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt. Part I. Theoretical Framework. Chapter 1: Frameworks for Understanding Multicultural Literacies, Georgia Earnest Garcia and Arlette Ingram Willis. Chapter 2: Multicultural Belief: A Global or Domain-Specifice Construct? An Analysis of Four Case Studies, Jyotsna Pattnaik. Part II. Power Issues. Chapter 3: Multicultural Literacy: The Power of Print, Pedagogy, and Epistemological Blindness, Dawnene D. Hammerberg and Carl Grant. Chapter 4: Liberating Literacy, Margaret C. Laughlin, Herbert Martin, Jr., and Christine E. Sleeter. Chapter 5: Taking Ownership of Literacy: Who Has the Power?, Patricia A. Edwards, Jennifer Danridge, Gwendolyn T. McMillon, and Heather M. Pleasants. Part III. Literacy and Culture. Chapter 6: An African-Centered Perspective on Literacy: Promise and Possibilities, Barbara J. Diamond. Chapter 7: Reading, Language, Culture, and Ethnic Minority Students, Jon Reyhner and Ward Cockrum. Chapter 8: Best Practice(s)? The Cultural Discourse of Developmentalism in American Early Education: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Diane M. Hoffman. Chapter 9: African American Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: Realism for the 21st Century, Randy F. Rush. Chapter 10: Rocks in the Brook: A Teacher Educator's Reflections, Arlette Ingram Willis. Part IV. Strategies for Connecting with Minority Perspectives. Chapter 11: English Language Learners' Reading: A New Age Issue, Jill Fitzgerald. Chapter 12: Home-School Collaboration: Successful Models in the Hispanic Community, Flora V. Rodriguez-Brown. Chapter 13: Getting the Most Out of School-Based Professional Development, William M. Saunders, Gisela O'Brien, David Marcelletti, Kathy Hasenstab, Tina Saldvar, and Claude Goldenberg. Part V. Teacher Education. Chapter 14: Preservice Teachers Connect Multicultural Knowledge and Perspectives with Literacy Instruction for Minority Students, Hong Xu. Chapter 15: 'Raccoon? Wass Dat?' Hawaiian Preservice Teachers Reconceptualize Culture, Literacy, and Schooling, Margaret J. Maaka, Kathryn H. Au, Yvonne K. Lefcourt, and L. Pauachi Bogac. Chapter 16: Understanding Culture in our Lives and Work: Teachers Literature Study in the Book Club Program, Taffy E. Raphael, Karen Damphousse, Kathy Highfield, and Susan Florio-Ruane. Chapter 17: The Power to Empower: Creating Home/School Relationships with the ABC's of Cultural Understanding and Communication, Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt.