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Chapter 2 Potential Influences of Cultural and Economic Backgrounds on Student Behavior
Web Links

Web addresses change regularly. The following links were active in January 2007.
**Remember to evaluate the Internet sources for relevancy and scholarship. What is the date of publication? Is the information from a refereed or a nonrefereed journal? (In a refereed journal, articles are reviewed by a panel of experts in the field and must follow specific research guidelines.) Does the author present information from a personal point of view and/or a variety of points of view? Is the information accurate, unbiased, and evidence-based? Does the source add to your knowledge base?

Multicultural Education

Use the questions, Web sites below, and other credible resources to further investigate and reflect on critical topics in this chapter. Discuss them with interested individuals in your setting or with a small group in an electronic Chat Room.

1. In what cultural groups (ability, age, ethnic, gender, geographical area, language, racial, religious, sexual orientation, social, socioeconomic status) are you a member? Select one to investigate further. What are the values, traditions, social and political relationships, and world-views of the group? How does being a member of this group influence your interactions with students of similar and/or different groups?

2. Investigate one of the topics or terms from the chapter on the Internet. What are key ideas that you learned about the topic? How do your own beliefs and experiences compare to the information you found? What may you do differently to support a more positive learning environment because of what you learned?

3. What is a successful program, strategy, or approach that fosters equity and democratic learning communities in your setting? Why is it successful? How does it influence your Personal System of Discipline?

4. What is a situation in your setting that "cries out" for change to support intergroup relations and a more positive learning environment? Investigate and expand the resources available to support the situation. Plan possible courses of action and take action for positive change. How will you integrate the new ideas into your Personal System of Discipline?

http://www.csba.org/qa/payne.htm - The California School Board Association (CSBA.org) interviews Dr. Ruby Payne on how educators can better understand children living in poverty.

http://depts.washington.edu/centerme/home.htm - The Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle focuses on research and activities designed to improve practice related to equity issues, intergroup relations, and the achievement of all students.

http://crede.berkeley.edu/ - The Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence works to assist linguistic and cultural minority students to achieve academically to their highest potentials. This site includes an array of tools and resources for researchers, teachers, and students studying instruction and policy in education.

http://www.ctlonline.org/ESEA/newsletter.html - Collaborative for Teaching and Learning.
Volume 2 Issue 5 of this news letter (Dr. Linda F. Hargan, President and CEO of CTL) is a
summary of the No Child Left Behind law and addresses issues of poverty.

http://www.combarriers.com/ - Communication Across Barriers. Donna Beegle's Web site includes materials to learn about poverty issues.

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/teachers.html - The EdChange Web site was founded and is maintained by Dr. Paul Gorski for the purposes of "informing ourselves, reforming our schools, and transforming our world." The "Multicultural Pavilion" provides many resources for educators.

http://www.education-world.com/preservice/learning/multicultural.shtml - Education World provides links to various multicultural education resources.

http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/current.html - The Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education is an open-access E-journal that is being changed to a new peer-reviewed journal (International Journal of Multicultural Education) at the end of June 2007. The Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Heewon Chang, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA.

http://www.ericdigests.org/ - ERIC Digests provide a brief essay on various topics related to cultural diversity (and other topics). The ERIC Clearinghouse system was eliminated in 2003. This site strives to make it easy to find ERIC Digests that have been produced prior to the end of the former ERIC system. Use the Digest number to find specific essays (See References in Charles Chapter 2). ERIC Digests are in the public domain and may be freely reproduced and disseminated in any format. On the Web, it is permissible to link to Digests or to post copies on other sites without express permission.

http://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=12322 - Gorski, Paul. The Classist Underpinnings of Ruby Payne's Framework. Teachers College Record, Date Published: February 09, 2006 http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 12322, Date Accessed: 1/8/2007. Gorski analyzes Payne's framework for understanding poverty from equity and social justice perspectives.

http://www.nameorg.org/resources.html - The National Association of Multicultural Education provides numerous resources on multicultural education.

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk1.htm - The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory provides numerous resources on multicultural education.

http://www.nwrel.org/comm/topics/multicultural.html - This North West Regional Educational Laboratory's collection focuses on Multicultural Education.

http://www.osba.org/hotopics/gap/poverty.htm - The Oregon School Boards Association Web Site includes an article about Donna Beegle called "Breaking Barriers: Poverty - The Elephant in the Room."

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~ljohnson/Payne.pdf - Payne, R. Understanding and Working with Students and Adults from Poverty. This PDF file is a reprint from Instructional Leader IX (2), March 1996, a publication of the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association.

http://www.reachctr.org/ - Respecting Ethnic & Cultural Heritage (REACH) is a nonprofit organization established to provide cultural diversity services.

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ - Rethinking Our Schools is a nonprofit independent publisher of materials that advocates the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.