Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ497050
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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Coming of Age Ethnically: Teaching Young Adolescents of Color.
Gay, Geneva
Theory into Practice, v33 n3 p149-55 Sum 1994
Examines the current status of cultural diversity in middle school education theory, suggests some developmental characteristics of young adolescents of color that are often overlooked, and proposes some ways that middle school education could be modified to be more responsive to the ethnic and cultural diversity of early adolescents. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Early Adolescents, Educational Change, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Hispanic Americans, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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