Multicultural education Book

Part I: Issues and Concepts.

1. Multicultural Education: Characteristics and Goals (James Banks).

Feature: Introduction to High-Stakes Testing.

High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion and Graduation. National Research Council’s Committee on Appropriate Test Use (Edited by Jay P. Heubert and Robert M. Hauser).

2. Culture in Society and in Educational Practices (Frederick Erickson).

3. Race, Class, Gender, and Disability in the Classroom (Carl A. Grant and Christine E. Sleeter).

Part II: Social Class and Religion.

*4. Social Class and Educational Equality (Caroline Hodges Persell).

*5. Christian Nation or Pluralistic Culture: Religion in American Life (Charles H. Lippy).

Part III: Gender.

6. Gender Bias: From Colonial America to Today’s Classrooms (David Sadker and Myra Sadker).

7. Classrooms for Diversity: Rethinking Curriculum and Pedagogy (Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault).

8. Transforming the Curriculum: Teaching about Women of Color (Johnnella E. Butler).

Part IV: Race, Ethnicity, and Language.

9. Educational Equality for Students of Color (Geneva Gay).

10. Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform (James A. Banks).

11. The Colorblind Perspective in School: Causes and Consequences (Janet Ward Schofield).

12. Language Diversity and Education (Carlos J. Ovando).

Part V: Exceptionality.

13. Educational Equality for Students with Disabilities (William L. Heward, Rodney A. Cavanaugh, and Sara C. Ernsbarger).

14. School Inclusion and Multicultural Issues in Special Education (Luanna H. Meyer, Jill Bevan-Brown, Beth Harry, and Mara Sapon-Shevin).

*15.Recruiting and Retaining Gifted Students from Diverse Ethnic, Cultural, and Language Groups (Donna Y. Ford).

Part VI: School Reform.

16. School Reform and Student Learning: A Multicultural Perspective (Sonia Nieto).

17. Communities, Families, and Educators Working Together for School Improvement (Cherry A. McGee Banks).

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