peer-reviewed open-access e-journal of multicultural education

International journal of multicultural education

The International Journal of Multicultural Education (IJME: ISSN 1934-5267) is committed to promoting educational equity, cross-cultural understanding, and global awareness in all levels of education. IJME publishes a variety of writings: (1) reports of empirical research, typically in qualitative research orientation; (2) literature-based articles advancing theories and scholarship of multicultural education; (3) praxis articles discussing successful multicultural education programs or practical instructional ideas and strategies; and (4) reviews of visual arts, professional and children's books, and multimedia resources.

For submission information, please click the SUBMISSION link above.

As the successor of EMME (Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education), IJME publishes two issues a year. Spring issues, appearing at the end of June annually, are typically on open themes of multicultural education. Fall issues on special themes are published at the end of December annually. The table of content of the current issue is available below. Full texts in PDF format are available at no cost to you. To access the full texts and receive publication announcements, please register as Reader. (Note: The content of EMME is also freely available from the link EMME above.)

If you are interested in reviewing articles, please register as Reviewer and provide information on your review interest. Please note the registration process allows you to choose three roles as Author, Reviewer, and Reader at once.

If you are interested in submitting your art, book, film, website, other multimedia material for review, please contact respective review editors: Professional Book Review Editor—Carol Kennett, Trinity International University (ckennett@tiu.edu); Children’s Book Review Editor—Michael Joseph, Rutgers University (mjoseph@rci.rutgers.edu); Art Review Editor—Hwa Young Caruso, Molloy College (hycaruso@yahoo.com); Multimedia Review Editor—John Caruso, Jr., Western Connecticut University (carusoj@optonline.net).

Call for Papers for 2009 Special Theme Issue: Leadership for Educational Justice

Leadership from political and educational institutions are critical in realizing educational justice and equity for all students from various racial/ethnic, gender, class, language, religious, sexual, regional, and ability backgrounds. We seek research reports, literature-based articles, practitioner articles, and book reviews that present critiques, evidence, and/or ideas promoting successful organizational and individual leadership for educational justice and equity for all. The deadline for submission has been extended to July 1, 2009 and will be published in December 2009. This issue will be edited by two guest editors, Kathy-ann Hernandez, Ph.D. and Faith Ngunjiri, Ed.D. Please contact ijme@eastern.edu for inquiries.


For other information, please contact Dr. Heewon Chang (Editor-in-Chief & Professor of Education and Organizational Leadership) and Sara Hartmann (Assistant Editor) at Eastern University, St. Davids, PA, USA (ijme@eastern.edu).

Vol 12, No 1 (2010)

Table of Contents

Articles (Peer-reviewed)

Multicultural and Global Citizenship in a Transnational Age: The Case of South Korea PDF
Seungho Moon
Productive Dissonance: A Musical-analytical Exploration of Teacher Educator Perceptions in a Multicultural Education Program PDF
Lynn Violet Clark
Engaging in Travesuras: A Latino Fifth-Grader’s Disassociation from the Schoolboy Label PDF
Kimberley Kennedy Cuero, Maria Kaylor
Immigrants in Appalachia: Educational Implications for Meeting the Needs of All Children PDF
Joy R Cowdery

Praxis Articles (Peer-reviewed)

Moving Beyond “Dance, Dress, and Dining” in Multicultural Canada PDF
Ozlem Sensoy, Raj Sanghera, Geetu Parmar, Nisha Parhar, Lianne Nosyk, Monica Anderson
Teacher Preparation and Diversity: When American Pre-service Teachers Aren’t White and Middle Class PDF
Jodene Morrell

Professional Book Reviews (Section Editor: Carol Kennett)

Autoethnography as Method by H. Chang PDF
Carol L. Kennett
Globalizations and Education: Collected Essays on Class, Race, Gender, and the State by A. Torres PDF
Suresh Appavoo,
How Real is Race?: A Sourcebook on Race, Culture and Biology by C. Mukhopadhyay, R. Henze, & Y. Moses PDF
Brian Howell
African, Native, and Jewish American Literature and the Reshaping of Modernism by A. Kent PDF
Jessica M Safran
Breaking the Silence: Recognizing the Social and Cultural Resources Students Bring to the Classroom by C. Compton-Lilly PDF
Alyson Smith Bass

Children's Book Reviews (Section Editor: Michael Joseph)

Does My Head Look Big in This? by R. Abdel-Fattah PDF
Hilary Lochte

Art Review (Section Editor: Hwa Young Choi Caruso)

Birthday Celebrations in the Ming and Qing Dynasties of China: An Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC PDF
Dr. Hwa Young Caruso

Multimedia Reviews (Section Editor: John Caruso, Jr.)

Who I Am - MANchild - Bitter Memories PDF
Dr. John Caruso, Jr.
Kids Against Bullying PDF
Dr. John Caruso, Jr.


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