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Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives, 6th Edition

by Banks, James A., Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Banks, Cherry A. McGee, Univ. of Washington, Bothell

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publishing Date: 2006/10/06

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0-470-18990-8

eText ISBN-13

978-0-470-18990-0

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0-471-78047-2

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Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives, 6th Edition

by Banks, James A., Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Banks, Cherry A. McGee, Univ. of Washington, Bothell

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Table of Contents

Part I. Issues and Concepts, 1

Multicultural Education:Characteristics and Goals, 3

Culture in Society and inEducational Practices, 33

Race, Class, Gender, andDisability in the Classroom, 63

Part II. Social Class and Religion, 85

Social Class and Educational Equality, 87

Christian Nation or Pluralistic Culture: Religion in American Life, 109

Part III. Gender, 133

Gender Bias: From Colonial America To Today’s Classrooms, 135

Classrooms for Diversity:Rethinking Curriculum and Pedagogy, 171

Transforming the Curriculum:Teaching about Women of Color, 195

Part IV. Race, Ethnicity, and Language, 219

Culturally Relevant Teaching: Theory and Practice, 221

Approaches to MulticulturalCurriculum Reform, 247

The Colorblind Perspective in School: Causes and Consequences, 271

Language Diversity and Schooling, 297

Part V. Exceptionality, 327

Educational Equality for Students with Disabilities, 329

School Inclusion andMulticultural Issues in Special Education, 369

Recruiting and Retaining Gifted Students from Diverse Ethnic, Cultural, and Language Groups, 401

Part VI. School Reform, 423

School Reform and Student Learning: A Multicultural Perspective, 425

Communities, Families, andEducators Working Together for School Improvement, 445

Multicultural Resources, 466

Contributors, 476

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