Introduction to Multicultural Education

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• ISBN13: 9780205149100
• ISBN10: 0205149103
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
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Summary

"Cultural Diversity and Education" is designed to help pre-service and in-service educators clarify the philosophical and definitional issues related to pluralistic education, derive a clarified philosophical position, design and implement effective teaching strategies that reflect ethnic and cultural diversity, and prepare sound guidelines for multicultural programs and practices. Provides teachers and administrators with a succinct, yet comprehensive, overview of multicultural education and what it means for classroom teaching. Strong emphasis on curriculum and reform. "For pre-service and in-service school teachers."

Table of Contents

Goals and Misconceptions

Dimensions and School Characteristics

Curriculum Transformation

School Reform and Intergroup Education

Knowledge Components

Tea ching with Powerful Ideas

Citizenship Education and Teacher Knowledge

A Pedagogy for Re-Envisioning America: Margaret Crocco Interviews

Multicultural Benchmarks

Glossary

Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Society

Nebraska Multicultural Education Bill

Checklist for Evaluating Informational Materials

A Multicultural Educational Evaluation Checklist

A Multicultural Education Basic Library

References

Index

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