Making Choices for Multicultural Education Five Approaches to Race, Class and Gender

by Sleeter, Christine E.; Grant, Carl A.

• ISBN13: 9780470383698
• ISBN10: 0470383690
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-13
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book offers the educational community a way of thinking about race, language, culture, class, gender, and disability in teaching. The sixth edition incorporates the latest group population demographics and published material to provide the most current information in the field. It introduces a discussion of intercultural and multicultural education along with the key points that distinguishes differences between the two concepts. Readers will also find discussions on globalization and its influences on the key topics presented in the book. Teachers will gain strong insight into this evolving field of study and practice.

Author Biography

Christine Sleeter is Professor Emeritus at California State University-Monterey Bay and Vice President of Division K, Teaching and Teacher Education, of the America Educational Research Association.

Carl Grant is Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University Wisconsin-Madison and Chair of the Publication Committee of the American Education Research Association. He is a past president of the National Association for Multicultural Education.

Table of Contents

Illusions of Progress: Business as Usual	p. 1
Society Today	p. 2
Race and Ethnicity	p. 3
Gender	p. 11
Sexual Orientation	p. 15
Social Class	p. 16
Disability	p. 18
Business as Usual	p. 19
What Teachers Teach	p. 20
How Student Learning Is Assessed	p. 23
How Teachers Teach	p. 25
How Students Are Grouped	p. 26
Student Culture	p. 31
Approaches to Multicultural Education	p. 32
Plan of Subsequent Chapters	p. 34
Questions for Reflections	p. 35
References	p. 35
Teaching the Exceptional and the Culturally Different	p. 43
Goals	p. 43
The Human Capital Theory of Education and Society	p. 44
Deficiency Orientation	p. 46
Cultural Deficiency	p. 46
Physiological and Mental Deficiency	p. 50
Sexual Orientation	p. 51
Difference Orientation	p. 52
Cultural Difference	p. 53
Language	p. 55
Deafness as a Cultural Difference	p. 58
Mental Difference	p. 58
Gender Difference	p. 59
Recommended Practices	p. 61
Program Structure	p. 61
Curriculum Content	p. 62
Instructional Process	p. 66
Parental Involvement	p. 68
Implementation	p. 69
Questions for Reflection	p. 78
References	p. 79
Human Relations	p. 85
Goals	p. 85
Some Historical Background	p. 86
Theories Behind Human Relations	p. 91
Development of Prejudice Within Individuals	p. 91
Development of Prejudice and Hostility Between Groups	p. 95
Self-Concept Theory	p. 97
Some Thoughts on Theory	p. 101
Strategies	p. 101
General Principles	p. 102
Providing Accurate Cognitive Information	p. 102
Using Group Process	p. 106
Using Vicarious Experience and Role Playing	p. 109
Involving Students in Service Learning Projects	p. 110
Teaching Social Skills	p. 110
Questions for Reflection	p. 117
References	p. 117
Single-Group Studies	p. 122
Goals	p. 122
Philosophical Framework	p. 125
Myth of the Neutrality of Education	p. 125
Identity and the Social Purpose of Schooling	p. 131
Restructuring Knowledge and "The Canon"	p. 135
Centering: Significance of the Starting Place	p. 137
Social Creation of "Natural" Categories	p. 138
Social Construct of All Social Theories	p. 139
Strengths of Oppressed Groups	p. 140
Group Identity in Literature and the Arts	p. 141
A Collective Sense	p. 141
Group Liberation	p. 143
Recommended Practices	p. 144
Curriculum	p. 144
Instructional Strategies	p. 147
Implementation	p. 148
Questions for Reflection	p. 157
References	p. 157
Multicultural Education	p. 161
Goals	p. 161
Ideology and Multicultural Education	p. 163
Cultural Pluralism	p. 164
Equal Opportunity	p. 167
Theory and Multicultural Education	p. 169
Theories of Cultural Pluralism	p. 169
Cultural Transmission and Social Learning Theories	p. 172
Recommended Practices	p. 174
Curriculum	p. 175
Instruction	p. 178
Assessment of Learning	p. 180
Home/Community-School Relationships	p. 182
Other Schoolwide Issues	p. 183
Questions for Reflection	p. 192
References	p. 192
Multicultural Social Justice Education	p. 197
Goals	p. 198
Assumptions and Theory	p. 200
Critical Theories	p. 201
Sociological Theory of Culture	p. 206
Identity and Democracy	p. 209
Recommended Practices	p. 210
Practicing Democracy	p. 210
Analyzing the Circumstances of One's Own Life	p. 212
Developing Social Action Skills	p. 214
Coalescing	p. 216
Commonalities with Previous Approaches	p. 217
Questions for Reflections	p. 225
References	p. 225
Our Choice: Multicultural Social Justice Education	p. 229
Questions for Reflections	p. 237
References	p. 237
Name Index	p. 239
Subject Index	p. 245
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