Multicultural Education Issues, Policies and Practices Book

	List of Contributors
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Multicultural Education: History, Issues, and Practices	1
2	Cooperative Learning Programs and Multicultural Education: Improving Intergroup Relations	15
3	Understanding the Impact of Disadvantage On Academic Achievement	35
4	Academic Adaptation of Asian Migrant Overseas Students in Australia and Canada	65
5	Students as Cultural Beings: Motivation, Learning, and Achievemnt among Students of Diverse Ethnic Background	87
6	Multicultural Education in Latvia	125
7	Immigration Policy and Multicultural Education in Australia: Charting the Changes	151
8	Validation of Multucultural Personality Questionnaire among an Internationally Oriented Student Population in Taiwan	167
9	Education Needs for Cross-cultural Convergence in Family Legal Duties and Reciprocal Responsibilities	187
10	Literature, a Driving Force in Ethnic Identity And Social Responsibility Development	211