An Introduction to Multicultural Education - Couverture souple

Banks, James A.

 
9780205149100: An Introduction to Multicultural Education

Synopsis

Introduces the major issues, concepts, paradigms and teaching strategies in multicultural education. The book provides a comprehensive overview of multicultural education, a grasp of its complexity and an understanding of what it means for educational practice.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

  Provides a brief, yet comprehensive overview of multicultural education (only 160 pages).   Includes Bank's five dimensions of multicultural education.   Devotes an entire chapter to curriculum (Ch. 3).   Provides a checklist for evaluating instructional materials.   Contains new chapter (Ch. 8) on school reform which promotes equality, justice, and diversity.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This brief text provides readers with a succinct yet comprehensive overview of multicultural education and what it means for classroom teaching.

The text opens by describing the goals of multicultural education and misconceptions about it.

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