Education - General & Miscellaneous, Education - Social & Political Aspects, Ethnic & Minority Studies, Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Educational Theory, Research & History

Multicultural Education

Name: Multicultural Education
Author: James A. Banks,Cherry A. McGee Banks
ISBN: 9780471713630

by James A. Banks, Cherry A. McGee Banks

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Turn challenges into opportunities

With this outstanding collection of chapters by leading scholars and researchers in the field, you can develop the knowledge and skills needed to maximize the opportunities that diversity offers while minimizing its challenges. You’ll explore current and emerging research, concepts, debates, and teaching strategies for educating students from different cultural, racial, ethnic, language, gender, social class, and religious groups.

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Written for present and future educators, this book offers guidance on becoming an effective teacher in the diverse classroom. Scholars in education, ethnic studies, anthropology, gender studies, and psychology present research, concepts, and debates on the education of students from different cultural, racial, ethnic, and language groups. Specific attention is given to issues of religion, gender, race, ethnicity, language, exceptionality, and school reform. Appendixes include a glossary and a list of multicultural resources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)