Ethnicity and Race

A volume in International Advances in Education:Global Initiatives for Equity and Social JusticeSeries Editors: Elinor L. Brown University of Kentucky Rhonda Craven University of Western Sydneyand George McLean Catholic Universities of America.This volume of Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice takes a resource perspectivetoward culture ethnicity and race. Its purpose is to foster global dialog about race and ethnicitywith an emphasis on sharing strategies and solutions. While one might view problems stemmingfrom racial and ethnic differences as intractable the book's editors and chapter authors wiselyand creatively move through and beyond challenges and barriers by highlighting and sharingmodels programs frameworks and strategies that are making a positive difference. Chaptersprovide examples and discussions relevant to the K-12 levels as well as higher education andprofessional preparation in fields that include teacher education social work and medical education. Chapters grapple withcomplexities such as tensions among colonization nation building and ethnic identity. Chapters explore potentials of informationtechnology for opening access to education and building dialogue across differences. Elinor Brown and Pamela Gibbons offer us amuch-needed volume that with clear recognition of problems of the present and past looks optimistically toward the future.