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Dictionary Of Multicultural Education

by Carl A. Grant, Gloria Ladson Billings, Gloria Ladson-Billings
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Multiculturalism is one of the most widely discussed concepts in education today. Now, educators, university students, scholars, or anyone interested in multiculturalism can turn to the Dictionary of Multicultural Education to gain further information on and understanding of this important field. As the authoritative reference work on the subject, the Dictionary includes in-depth explanations of the history, use, and implications of more than 150 terms as defined by scholars prominent in the field. This reference work comprises terms of relevant legislation, educational-theoretical concepts and methodologies, and sociopolitical movements and conditions.

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Multiculturalism is one of the most widely discussed concepts in education today. Now, educators, university students, scholars, or anyone interested in multiculturalism can turn to the Dictionary of Multicultural Education to gain further information on and understanding of this important field. As the authoritative reference work on the subject, the Dictionary includes in-depth explanations of the history, use, and implications of more than 150 terms as defined by scholars prominent in the field. This reference work comprises terms of relevant legislation, educational-theoretical concepts and methodologies, and sociopolitical movements and conditions.

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Definitions for some 150 terms and concepts provide clarification for scholars , educators, and college and university students. One to three-page entries include social history, origins of use, and the present scholarly inquiry surrounding terms which describe relevant legislation, educational/theoretical concepts and methodologies, socio-political movements and conditions, and new academic disciplines that reflect the dimensions of and approaches to multicultural education. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About the Author, Carl A. Grant

CARL A. GRANT is Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and a professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

GLORIA LADSON-BILLINGS is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Definitions for some 150 terms and concepts provide clarification for scholars , educators, and college and university students. One to three-page entries include social history, origins of use, and the present scholarly inquiry surrounding terms which describe relevant legislation, educational/theoretical concepts and methodologies, socio-political movements and conditions, and new academic disciplines that reflect the dimensions of and approaches to multicultural education. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Details

Published
August 1, 1997
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Pages
338
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780897747981

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