| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| abstract | 第10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-14页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第14-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Significance of Research | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-21页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies Abroad | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies at Home | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ AMERICAN MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION AND MINORITY STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT GAP | 第21-35页 |
| 3.1 The Conception of Multicultural Education in the United States | 第21-23页 |
| 3.2 The Dynamic Process of American Multicultural Education | 第23-25页 |
| 3.3 Minority Students’Academic Achievement Gap | 第25-29页 |
| 3.3.1 Achievement Gap Between White Students and Colored Students | 第25-28页 |
| 3.3.2 Negative Results of Achievement Gap | 第28-29页 |
| 3.4 Explanations for Minority Students’ Achievement Gap | 第29-35页 |
| 3.4.1 Socioeconomic Explanation | 第30-31页 |
| 3.4.2 Genetic Explanation | 第31-32页 |
| 3.4.3 Cultural-incongruence Explanation | 第32-35页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ IMPROVING MEASURES FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF AMERICAN MINORITY STUDENTS | 第35-65页 |
| 4.1 Teachers With Multicultural Education | 第35-40页 |
| 4.1.1 Culturally Responsive Teaching | 第36-37页 |
| 4.1.2 Multicultural Teacher Education for Pre-service Teachers | 第37-40页 |
| 4.2 Curriculum Reform | 第40-53页 |
| 4.2.1 Current Situation of Mainstream-centric Curriculum | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2.2 Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform | 第42-53页 |
| 4.3 School Reform | 第53-60页 |
| 4.3.1 An Antiracist and Antibias School | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3.2 An Understanding and Acceptable School for All Learners | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3.3 A School With High Expectations for All Learners | 第57-60页 |
| 4.4 Evaluation of Current Measures for Minority Students’ Academic Achievement | 第60-65页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ CONCLUSION | 第65-67页 |
| 5.1 Research Findings | 第65-66页 |
| 5.2 Research Limitations | 第66-67页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第67-70页 |
