Multicultural education
Subtitle: issues and perspectives
By: edited by James A. Banks, Cherry A. McGee Banks.
Contributors: Banks, James A.; Banks, Cherry A. McGee.
Edition: 5th ed. update.
Series: Wiley/Jossey-Bass education
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780471713630
Subjects: Multicultural education -- United States.; Minorities -- Education -- United States.; Educational anthropology -- United States.; Educational equalization -- United States.
Other titles: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
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Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I: Multicultural education: characteristics and goals / James A. Banks; title: Culture in society and in educational practices / Frederick Erickson; title: Race, class, gender, and disability in the classroom / Carl A. Grant and Christine E. Sleeter; title: II: Social class and religion; title: Social class and educational equality / Caroline Hodges Persell; title: Christian nation or pluralistic culture: religion in American life / Charles H. Lippy; title: III: Gender; title: Gender bias: from colonial America to today's classrooms / David Sadker and Myra Sadker; title: Classrooms for diversity: rethinking curriculum and pedagogy / Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault; title: Transforming the curriculum: teaching about women of color / Johnnella E. Butler; title: IV: Race, ethnicity, and language; title: Educational equality for students of color / Geneva Gay; title: Approaches to multicultural curriculum reform / James A. Banks; title: The colorblind perspective in school: causes and consequences / Janet Ward Schofield; title: Language diversity and education / Carlos J. Ovando; title: V: Exceptionality; title: Educational equality for students with disabilities / William L. Howard and Rodney A. Cavanaugh; title: School inclusion and multicultural issues in special education / Luanna H. Meyer, Jill Bevan-Brown, Beth Harry, and Mara Sapon-Shevin; title: Recruiting and retaining gifted students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and language groups / Donna Y. Ford; title: VI: School reform; title: School reform and student learning: a multicultural perspective / Sonia Nieto; title: Families and teachers working together for school improvement / Cherry A. McGee Banks.