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Overview"Using material from American, Australian and British empirical studies, this book examines children's interests, needs, assets and capacities in multicultural classrooms and provides international comparisons on what it is like to ""be"" and ""have"" friends. The book also explores children's developing ideas of friendships and how they are linked to peer cultures And Looks Into How Such Friendships Can Motivate Children's Socializing in today's schools." Full Product DetailsAuthor: James G. DeeganPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Falmer Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.200kg ISBN: 9780750702676ISBN 10: 0750702672 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 12 March 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: In Print ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsIntroduction - the promise of children's friendships in culturally diverse classrooms. Theoretical foundations of children's friendships in culturally diverse classrooms; roots and branches of research on children's friendships in mainstream and culturally diverse classrooms; children's friendships in a 5th-grade culturally diverse classroom in Atlanta, Georgia; the friendly cultural stranger as self-critical reflexive narrator; an inquiry approach for investigating children's friendships in a school-university partnership; two student teachers' beginning professional stories of studying children's friendships; frontiers and futures - linking theory, research and practice and the challenge of educational reform.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |