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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED311102 AUTHOR: Banks, James A., Ed.; Banks, Cherry A. McGee, Ed.
TITLE: Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1989
NOTE: 337 p.
AVAILABILITY: Simon & Schuster, 160 Gould Street, Needham
Heights, MA 02194-2310 ($19.50).
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this six-part curriculum of
articles was to provide future teachers and in-service
teachers with the knowledge, insight, and understanding
needed to work effectively with both male and female
students, with exceptional students, and with students from
various social classes and religious, ethnic, and cultural
groups. A major assumption is that substantial reforms must
be made in schools to give each student an equal chance to
succeed academically. These reforms are conceptualized as
an institutional process that involves changing the total
school environment through multicultural education. Part I,
"Issues and Concepts," concerns the implications of culture
for teaching in a pluralistic society, and comprises the
following chapters: (1) "Multicultural Education:
Characteristics and Goals" (J. A. Banks); (2) "Culture: Its
Nature and Meaning for Educators" (B. M. Bullivant); and
(3) "Race, Class, Gender, Exceptionality, and Educational
Reform" (C. A. Grant and C. E. Sleeter). Part II, "Social
Class and Religion," concerns the effect of these two
variables on student behavior and the educational process,
and comprises the following chapters: (4) "Social Class and
Educational Equity" (C. H. Persell); and (5) "Religious
Diversity and Education" (J. K. Uphoff). Part III,
"Gender," takes up the questions of how educational
opportunity differs for female and male students and how
schools can foster gender equity, and comprises the
following chapters:
(6) "Gender and Educational Equality" (M. Sadker et al.);
(7) "Integrating Content about Women and Gender into the
Curriculum" (M. K. T. Tetreault); and (8) "Transforming the
Curriculum: Teaching about Women of Color" (J. E. Butler).
Part IV, "Ethnicity and Language," treats the problems of
and opportunities for educating racial, ethnic, and
language minorities, and comprises the following chapters:
(9) "Ethnic Minorities and Educational Equality" (G. Gay);
(10) "Integrating the Curriculum with Ethnic Content:
Approaches and Guidelines" (J. A. Banks); and (11)
"Language Diversity and Education" (C. J. Ovando). Part V,
"Exceptionality," describes the issues involved in creating
equal educational opportunity for handicapped and gifted
students, and comprises the following chapters: (12)
"Educational Equality for Exceptional Students" (W. L.
Heward and M. D. Orlansky); (13) "Teaching Handicapped
Students in the Regular Classroom" (J. B. Schulz); and (14)
"Teaching Gifted Students" (R. F. Subotnik). Part VI,
"School Reform," focuses on multicultural education as a
process of school reform, and comprises the following
chapters: (15) "Alternative Paradigms for Assessment in a
Pluralistic Society" (J. R. Mercer); and (16) "Parents and
Teachers: Partners in Multicultural Education" (C. A. M.
Banks). Each chapter includes a summary, a list of
questions and activities, and a list of references. Some
chapters include illustrations and statistical data on
tables and graphs. A glossary, a list of contributors, and
an index are included. A bibliography of 113 multicultural
resources is appended. (FMW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Religious
Differences; Second-Languages; Sex-Fairness; Social-Class;
Special-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Cultural-Pluralism; *Educational-Change;
*Equal-Education; *Minority-Groups; *Multicultural
Education; *Teacher-Education-Curriculum
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