This best-selling text offers a balanced approach to issues as it explores today's multicultural landscape and how to prepare teachers to use equitable and reflective decision making in their multicultural classrooms. The ninth edition of Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society was designed to introduce prospective teachers to the different cultural groups to which students and their families belong. In this time of extensive standardized testing, we must remember that students are the center of teaching. We have to understand and build on their cultures and experiences to help them learn at the highest levels. In this regard, this book provides background on the diversity of the nation's students, explores the social and educational issues faced by teachers in diverse classrooms, and guides the reader to think critically and reflectively about their decisions as a teacher in a multicultural education classroom.
This best-selling text offers a balanced approach to issues as it explores today's multicultural landscape and how to prepare teachers to use equitable and reflective decision making in their multicultural classrooms.
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This widely popular book provides an up-to-date, unbiased look at today's many different cultural groups and the importance of building on the cultures and experiences of students to help them achieve optimal learning.
For undergraduate and graduate courses in Multicultural Education and Cultural Foundations. This well-respected text helps students understand pluralism and the complexities of cultural backgrounds and how to use this knowledge...
This benchmark 6-volume set presents a comprehensive body of research on the history of multicultural education in the U.S. These volumes bring together archival documents spanning the last 30-40 years to analyze the development, ...
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This volume of essays references traditional and contemporary thought on theory and practice in music education for all age groups, from the very young to the elderly.
... value of students interacting in a pluralistic society . References : James A. Banks , Multiethnic Education : Theory and Practice , 3d ed . ( Boston : Allyn and Bacon , 1994 ) ; L. Barton and S. Walker , Race , Class , and Education ...
... value to students ' abilities and achievements in relation to one another and to students in other schools , states ... society with a history of discrimination and oppression based upon race , sex , class , culture , religion , and ...