Culture & Schooling - Building Bridges Between Research, Praxis & Professionalis

Culture and SchoolingBuilding Bridges Between Research, Praxis and Professionalism\nAuthor(s): Elwyn Thomas\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780471897880, 978-0471897880\nSynopsis\nThe essence of this book is to assist educators to improve eduational practice in the constantly changing cultural contexts of school and society. Cross cultural dimensions such as diversity; uniformity; individualism, and collectivism emerge as key focus areas of discussion. Where possible, bridges are built between relevant cross cultural research on one hand, and its impact on improving learning/teaching, assessment, school and classroom management, schooling and the community on the other. The bridge building is also extended to the methods of how teachers may be trained to meet the challenges of cultural diversity in multicultural classrooms. \n The approach of this book is to provide a selective review of relevant .