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What is Overrepresentation

Chapter 20
Handbook of Research on Promoting Cross-Cultural Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education
Too many students from a diverse group participating in a special education category, beyond the level expected from their proportion in the population.
Published in Chapter:
Multiculturalism in Special Education: Perspectives of Minority Children in Urban Schools
Zandile P. Nkabinde (New Jersey City University, USA)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0897-7.ch020
Abstract
The goal of this chapter is to explore multicultural education in the context of special education. Multicultural education as an effective intervention in urban schools is discussed. Obiakor (2007) describes this era as that of accountability where schools are challenged to leave no child behind, which makes schools more responsive to students' needs including those with special needs who are linguistically and culturally diverse. In addition, Gay (2002) defines culturally responsive teaching as using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, and performance styles of diverse students to make learning more appropriate and effective for them; it teaches to and through the strengths of these students.
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