Choosing Democracy: A Practical Guide to Multicultural Education

by Campbell, Duane E.

• ISBN13: 9780130987457
• ISBN10: 013098745X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

This book provides strong coverage of the standards movement and high stakes testing, places this reform initiative in historical perspective, brings it up to date with the Bush administration's education agenda, and analyzes its effect upon multicultural education. The third edition continues to offer a critical analysis of race, class, gender, and economic status as they apply to schools; and, provides hundreds of practical strategies for classroom use, based on the experience of teachers in geographically diverse, multicultural classrooms. For future teachers in the multicultural classroom.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Social, Economic, and Cultural Foundations of The Current School Crisis

Democracy and the Need for Multicultural Education

Culture and Schooling

Racism and Schools

With Liberty and Justice for Some: Democracy, Class Relations, and Schools

How Society and Schools Shortchange Girls and Boys

Teaching Strategies To Promote Democracy and Multicultural Education

Human Relations and Multicultural Education

Teaching to Empower Students

Democracy and Classroom Management

Promoting Democracy and Critical Thinking

Cooperative Learning, Democracy, and Multicultural Education

Teaching Language-Minority Populations

The Dialogue Between Democracy and Multicultural Education

Democracy, Curriculum, and Multicultural Education

Democratic School Reform: How Do We Get from Here to There?

Appendices

References

Name Index

Subject Index

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