Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society (Multicultural Education Series)
''Banks' dual foci on group identity and pedagogy for active citizenship are instructive and crucial. ...Banks skillfully speaks to multiple subjects at once, to compound effect.'' --Teachers College Record, March 2008''Banks' dual foci on group identity and pedagogy for active citizenship are instructive and crucial. ...Banks skillfully speaks to multiple subjects at once, to compound effect.'' --Teachers College Record, March 2008''Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society will provide both the novice and the expert with an instructive perspective for considering multicultural education. By shifting the lens to citizenship, a lively topic in academic circles right now, Banks once again demonstrates his intellectual leadership in this field. --Margaret Smith Crocco, Teachers College, Columbia University, Review in Multicultural Education''James Banks captures for us an essential element of American citizenship diversity. This volume is a tribute to the triumphs, challenges, and sometimes tragedies of citizenship in a democratic and multicultural society. This is must reading for the student of U.S. history, civics, and the political process. --Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin MadisonThe 11 essays that comprise the book provide a comprehensive blending of Banks s work in multicultural education and citizenship education. This is an outstanding book, one that is worthwhile reading for all students, educators, and those interested in the political process.''--Laurel Garrick Duhaney, State University of New York, College at New Paltz, Review in MultiCultural ReviewEducating Citizens in a Multicultural Society will provide both the novice and the expert with an instructive perspective for considering multicultural education. By shifting the lens to citizenship, a lively topic in academic circles right now, Banks once again demonstrates his intellectual leadership in this field. --Margaret Smith Crocco, Teachers College, Columbia University, Review in Multicultural Education''Banks' dual foci on group identity and pedagogy for active citizenship are instructive and crucial. ...Banks skillfully speaks to multiple subjects at once, to compound effect.'' --Teachers College Record, March 2008''Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society will provide both the novice and the expert with an instructive perspective for considering multicultural education. By shifting the lens to citizenship, a lively topic in academic circles right now, Banks once again demonstrates his intellectual leadership in this field. --Margaret Smith Crocco, Teachers College, Columbia University, Review in Multicultural Education''James Banks captures for us an essential element of American citizenship diversity. This volume is a tribute to the triumphs, challenges, and sometimes tragedies of citizenship in a democratic and multicultural society. This is must reading for the student of U.S. history, civics, and the political process. --Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin MadisonThe 11 essays that comprise the book provide a comprehensive blending of Banks s work in multicultural education and citizenship education. This is an outstanding book, one that is worthwhile reading for all students, educators, and those interested in the political process.''--Laurel Garrick Duhaney, State University of New York, College at New Paltz, Review in MultiCultural ReviewEducating Citizens in a Multicultural Society will provide both the novice and the expert with an instructive perspective for considering multicultural education. By shifting the lens to citizenship, a lively topic in academic circles right now, Banks once again demonstrates his intellectual leadership in this field. --Margaret Smith Crocco, Teachers College, Columbia University, Review in Multicultural Education''Banks' dual foci on group identity and pedagogy for active citizenship are instructive and crucial. ...Banks skillfully speaks to multiple subjects at once, to compound effect.'' --Teachers College Record, March 2008''Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society will provide both the novice and the expert with an instructive perspective for considering multicultural education. By shifting the lens to citizenship, a lively topic in academic circles right now, Banks once again demonstrates his intellectual leadership in this field. --Margaret Smith Crocco, Teachers College, Columbia University, Review in Multicultural Education''James Banks captures for us an essential element of American citizenship diversity. This volume is a tribute to the triumphs, challenges, and sometimes tragedies of citizenship in a democratic and multicultural society. This is must reading for the student of U.S. history, civics, and the political process. --Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin MadisonThe 11 essays that comprise the book provide a comprehensive blending of Banks s work in multicultural education and citizenship education. This is an outstanding book, one that is worthwhile reading for all students, educators, and those interested in the political process.''--Laurel Garrick Duhaney, State University of New York, College at New Paltz, Review in MultiCultural ReviewEducating Citizens in a Multicultural Society will provide both the novice and the expert with an instructive perspective for considering multicultural education. By shifting the lens to citizenship, a lively topic in academic circles right now, Banks once again demonstrates his intellectual leadership in this field. --Margaret Smith Crocco, Teachers College, Columbia University, Review in Multicultural Education--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.