Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives - Softcover

Banks, James A.; Banks, Cherry A. McGee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470483288 ISBN 13: 9780470483282

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Synopsis

Multicultural Education is a reader for educators that consists of articles written by the top scholars in the field. It helps them understand the concepts, paradigms, and explanations needed to become more effective practitioners in culturally, racially and language diverse classrooms. Each chapter now incorporates new theoretical, conceptual, and research developments in the field. A new chapter focuses on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues. Every statistical table, figure, and chart has also been updated to present the most current information. Educators will gain insight that they ll be able to apply in the classroom.

About this title

From the Back Cover

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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.

 Featuring contributions by:

Cherry A. McGee Banks · James A. Banks · Jill Bevan–Brown · Johnnella E. Butler · Rodney A. Cavenaugh · Frederick Erickson · Sara C. Ernsbarger · Donna Y. Ford · Geneva Gay · Carl A. Grant · Beth Harry · Robert M. Hauser · Jay P. Heubert · William L. Heward · Sonia Nieto · Caroline Hodges Persell · Charles H. Lippy · Luanna H. Meyer · Carlos J. Ovando · David Sadker · Myra Sadker · Mara Sapon–Shevin · Christine E. Sleeter · Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault · Janet Ward Schofield

 About the Editors

James A. Banks is Russell F. Stark University Professor and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is past President of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and a member of the National Academy of Education.

 Cherry A. McGee Banks is professor of education at the University of Washington, Bothell. She is the co–author of Teaching Strategies for the Social Studies: Decision–Making and Citizen Action, and is the author of Improving Multicultural
Education: Lessons From the Intergroup Education Movement.

About the Author

James A. Banks is Russell F. Stark University Professor and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is past President of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and a member of the National Academy of Education.

Cherry A. McGee Banks is professor of education at the University of Washington, Bothell. She is the co–author of Teaching Strategies for the Social Studies: Decision–Making and Citizen Action, and is the author of Improving Multicultural
Education: Lessons From the Intergroup Education Movement.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470483288
• ISBN 13: 9780470483282
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480