NCCRESt

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Multicultural Illiteracy

Schools' treatment of diversity categorizes students and applies ineffectual learning methods to resulting stereotypes. The author's study of basal readers showed that today's multiculturalism suppresses most white immigrant groups' stories, omits references to first discoveries and inventions, and substitutes foreign expressions for literate English vocabulary. (MLH)

• Author/Creator: Stotsky, Sandra
• Date Published: May
• Journal/Secondary Title: School Administrator
• Number: 6
• Volume: 56
• Year: 1999

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Subject: Elementary Education
• Subject: Ethnic Groups
• Subject: Immigrants
• Subject: Language Skill Attrition
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Reading Instruction
• Subject: Stereotypes
• Subject: Textbook Content
• Subject: Vocabulary
• Subject: Whites

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