These essays look at topics concerning multicultural education and international perspectives, including the impact of disadvantage on academic achievement, immigration policy and multicultural education in Australia, and how motivation and learning affects students of diverse backgrounds.

Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Multicultural Education: History, Issues, And Practices, Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain. Cooperative Learning Programs And Multicultural Education: Improving Intergroup Relations, Robert Cooper and Robert E. Slavin. Understanding The Impact Of Disadvantage On Academic Achievement, Colette Van Laar. Academic Adaptation Of Asian Migrant Of Overseas Students In Australia And Canada, Cynthia Leung. Students As Cultural Beings: Motivation, Learning And Achievement Among Students Of Diverse Ethnic Background, Clarence Chi-hung Ng. Multicultural Education In Latvia, Iveta Silova And Guntars Catlaks. Immigration Policy And Multicultural Education In Australia: Charting The Changes, Bob Hill and Rod Allan. Validation Of Multicultural Personality Questionnaire Among An Internationally Oriented Student Population In Taiwan, Stefan T. Mol, Jan-Pieter van Oudenhoven, and Karen I van der Zee. Education Needs For Cross-cultural Convergence In Family Legal Duties And Reciprocal Responsibilities, Oliver C.S. Tzeng. Literature, A Driving Force In Ethnic Identity And Social Responsibility Development, Nancy Hansen-Kerning and Donald T. Mizokawa.