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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...zoos have therefore taken on a role as educators that dwarfs that of any other "recreational" institution. Whole public school systems are redesigning their science curriculums to take advantage of local exhibits, for what better biology classroom could there be than a swamp or a rain forest? The newest facilities, such as the Living World in St. Louis, include state- of-the-art computer technology that turns a simple menagerie into a cross between a laboratory and a video arcade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The New Zoo: A Modern Ark | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

...approximately one-quarter of all pre-college students in the United States will be minority students, according to Martha Montero-Seiburth, faculty chair of the Institute on Multicultural Education. And with the growing number of minority students in the classroom comes one of the most explosive issues in education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Broaching the Issue of Multicultural Education in the Nation's Classrooms | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

What happens when children from very diverse backgrounds--some without English skills--enter a classroom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Broaching the Issue of Multicultural Education in the Nation's Classrooms | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

...teacher, faced with such a diverse classroom, respond to children's needs for attention and learning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Broaching the Issue of Multicultural Education in the Nation's Classrooms | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

...Teachers are not aware of the issues, such as prejudice and bilingualism," Montero-Seiburth says. "Multicultural education is not a study of people's cultures, but instead understanding a child in the context of the classroom. Is every child incorporated into the learning process, despite cultural diversity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Broaching the Issue of Multicultural Education in the Nation's Classrooms | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

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