[EDLING:778] CFP: Multicultural Literature and the New Educational Accountability

[Francis M Hult]

> We invite submissions for a forthcoming book entitled "Multicultural
> Literature and the New Educational Accountability: Challenges and
> Opportunities." This book will highlight ways in which classroom teachers
> and teacher educators continue to utilize multicultural children's and
> young adult literature while addressing local, state and national
> standards.  Moreover, contributors to the volume will examine how teachers
> balance the pressure for accountability (i.e., success on high-stakes
> tests) with students' needs for culturally responsive pedagogy.
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>
> We are particularly interested in personal essays that include reflections
> as well as relevant research emphasizing
> ·     myriad strategies teachers use to teach from a multicultural
> standpoint;
> ·     concerns about using multicultural children's literature, and
> multicultural education in general, because of the pressure to prepare
> students to perform on standardized, high-stakes assessments; and
> ·     the use of multicultural texts in order to meet state standards.
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> If interested, please send by e-mail a 500-1000 word abstract, a brief bio,
> and a one page C.V. by July 30, 2005 to both
>
> Dr. Gail Taylor
> gstaylor at odu.edu
>
> and
>
>
> Dr. KaaVonia Hinton
> khintonj at odu.edu
>
> All submissions will be acknowledged. The length for completed manuscripts
> is between 3,500-6,000 words, including all notes and bibliographical
> information.