Multiculturalism and TQE: Addressing Cultural Diversity in Schools Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	About the Authors
1	Understanding Cultural Diversity	1
	The Reality of Cultural Diversity in American Education	1
	What Is a "Culture"?	2
	Competing Models and Approaches	7
	Unity and Diversity: The Essential Tension	9
	The American Experience in Historical Perspective	10
	Competing Perspectives	13
	The Case for Multiculturalism	15
	Multiculturalism and TQE	16
2	Recognizing and Confronting Prejudice and Discrimination	22
	Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination	22
	The Nature of Prejudice	23
	The Nature of Discrimination	25
	The Interrelationship of Prejudice and Discrimination	29
	Racism, Sexism, Ageism, and Beyond	33
	Examining Discrimination and Power	34
	Eliminating Discrimination: Selected Activities and Approaches	36
3	Eliminating Structural Barriers That Limit Student Access	41
	Second-Generation Discrimination	41
	Eliminating Fundamental Barriers to Access	42
	Academic Groupings	42
	Discipline	44
	The School Building: Inviting or Prisonlike	45
	Testing Issues	47
	The Curriculum	47
	Teaching Practices	50
	The Limited Roles of Teachers, Students, and Families	51
4	Enhancing Staff and Curriculum Development	54
	Diversity in Schools	54
	Administrators: Role Models of Praxis	56
	Culturally Responsive Teaching	58
	Enhancing Diversity: The Roles of Classified Staff Members	60
	Focusing on the Curriculum	61
	Teaching From a Multicultural Perspective	61
	Increasing Knowledge About Issues of Diversity	64
5	Fostering School, Community, and Family Partnerships	67
	The Changing Demographics of America's Schoolchildren	67
	Ethnic, Racial, and Cultural Factors	69
	Formulating a New Concept of Family	71
	Creating a New Paradigm for Family Involvement	72
	Categories of Family Involvement	74
	Schools as Caring Communities	82
6	Sustaining a Multicultural Ethos	89
	Changing Mind-Sets	89
	Challenging Mental Models	90
	Creative Tension	92
	Self-Maintaining, Self-Renewing, and Self-Transcending Schools	95
7	Total Quality Leadership: New Skills for a Changing Paradigm	101
	Modeling Behavior	101
	Cultivating a Collaborative School Culture	102
	Embracing a Vision	102
	Supplying Individual Support	103
	Providing Intellectual Stimulation	104
	Holding High-Performance Expectations	104
	Cultural Diversity: A Jalapeno in a Candy Jar	105
	Planning and Troubleshooting Guide	106