ABC's of Cultural Understanding and Communication
National and International Adaptations
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2006
297 pages
978-1-60752-707-7 (ISBN)
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This book is a valuable one for teacher educators and teacher education programs in the United States and Europe, since it is organized around numerous data sources. It contains national and international adaptations of the ABC's of Cultural Understanding and Communication. Authors for this book represent many languages and cultures and know, first hand, the socially constructed issues related to language, culture, and ethnicity.
This book promises to make a significant contribution to preparing teachers to work with families and children. It should be read by all teacher educators as well as preservice and inservice teachers. In the new millennium teachers must redefine their responsibilities to ensure that ALL children have the opportunity to succeed. ABC's of Cultural Understanding and Communication: National and International Adaptations is a perfect place to start.
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Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt | Claudia Finkbeiner
ABC's of Cultural Understanding and Communication
National and International Adaptations
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- CH$1. Introduction: What is the ABC's of Cultural Understanding and Communication?
- CH$2. Constructing Third Space: The Principles of Reciprocity and Cooperation
- CH$3. The ABC's: A Journey Toward Making a Positive Difference
- CH$4. "Doing" the ABC's: An Introspective Look at Process
- CH$5. Investigating the Role of Awareness and Multiple Perspectives in Intercultural Education
- CH$6. Revealing and Revisiting "Self" in Relation to the Culturally Different "Other": Multicultural Teacher Education and the ABC's Model
- CH$7. The Complexity and Multiplicity of Preservice Teachers' Exploring Diversity Issues
- CH$8. Successful ABC's In-Service Project: Supporting Culturally Responsive Teaching
- CH$9. The ABC's Online: Using Voice Chats in a Trans-National Foreign Language Teacher Exchange
- CH$10. The ABC's as a Starting Point and Goal: The Online Intercultural Exchange Project (ICE)
- CH$11. Using the ABC's Model in Management Education
- Afterword: The Future of the ABC's Model
- About the Authors
- Index
