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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970375603321

Autore

Davis Bonnie M

Titolo

Biracial and Multiracial Student Experience : A Journey to Racial Literacy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2009

ISBN

9781452213064

1452213062

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

370.117

Soggetti

Multicultural education - United States

Racially mixed people - Education - United States

Teacher-student relationships - United States

Multiracial people - Education - United States

Education

Social Sciences

Education, Special Topics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 - Beginning the Journey -- Chapter 2 - What Is Race? -- Chapter 3 - What Are You? -- Chapter 4 - What Are the Challenges for Multiracial Students? -- Chapter 5 - How Mixed-Identity Students Develop Racial Identities -- Chapter 6 - Reaching Out to Other Professionals to Learn What I Don't Know -- Chapter 7 - The Impact of Skin Color -- Chapter 8 - Parent Voices -- Chapter 9 - A Call to Action: Culturally Proficient Suggestions and Strategies -- Chapter 10 - Future Voices -- Chapter 11 - The Journey's End and Next Steps -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

What does it mean to be "in between"?  As more biracial and multiracial students enter the classroom, educators have begun to critically examine the concept of race. Through compelling narratives, best-selling author Bonnie M. Davis gives voice to a frequently mislabeled and misunderstood segment of the population. Filled with research-based instructional strategies and reflective questions, this book



supports readers in examining:     The meaning of race, difference, and ethnicity    How mixed-identity students develop racial identities    How to adjust instruction to demonstrate cultural pr