Multicultural education : issues and perspectives /

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Other Authors: Banks, James A., Banks, Cherry A. McGee
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2007.
Edition:6th ed.
Series:Wiley/Jossey-Bass education.
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Table of Contents:
  • Issues and concepts. Multicultural education : characteristics and goals / James A. Banks
  • Culture in society and in educational practices / Frederick Erickson
  • Race, class, gender, and disability in the classroom / Carl A. Grant and Christine E. Sleeter
  • Social class and religion. Social class and educational equity / Caroline Hodges Persell
  • Christian nation of pluralistic culture : religion in American life / Charles H. Lippy
  • Gender. Gender bias : from colonial America to today's classrooms / David Sadker and Karen Zittleman
  • Classrooms for diversity : rethinking curriculum and pedagogy / Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault
  • Transforming the curriculum : teaching about women of color / Johnnella E. Butler and Deirdre Raynor
  • Race, ethnicity, and language. Culturally responsive teaching: theory and practice / Gloria Ladson-Billings
  • Approaches to multicultural curriculum reform / James A. Banks
  • The colorblind perspective in school : causes and consequences / Janet Ward Schofield
  • Language diversity and schooling / Tom T. Stritikus and Manka M. Varghese
  • Exceptionality. Educational equality for students with disabilities / William L. Heward, Sara Ernsbarger Bicard, and Rodney A. Cavanaugh
  • School inclusion and multicultural issues in special education / Luanna H. Meyer [and others]
  • Recruiting and retaining gifted students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and language groups / Donna Y. Ford
  • School reform. School reform and student learning : a multicultural perspective / Sonia Nieto
  • Families and teachers : working together for school improvement / Cherry A. McGee Banks.