Multicultural Education Issues And Perspectives

Updated with a new feature on High Stakes Testing by Jay P. Heubert and Robert M. HauserTurn challenges into opportunitiesWith this outstanding collection of chapters by leading scholars and researchers in the field, you can develop the knowledge and skills needed to maximize the opportunities that diversity offers while minimizing its challenges. You'll explore current and emerging research, concepts, debates, and teaching strategies for educating students from different cultural, racial, ethnic, language, gender, social-class, and religious groups.Featuring contributions by:Cherry A. McGee Banks - James A. Banks - Jill Bevan-Brown - Johnnella E. Butler - Rodney A. Cavenaugh - Frederick Erickson - Sara C. Ernsbarger - Donna Y. Ford - Geneva Gay - Carl A. Grant - Beth Harry - Robert M. Hauser - Jay P. Heubert - William L. Heward - Sonia Nieto - Caroline Hodges Persell - Charles H. Lippy - Luanna H. Meyer - Carlos J. Ovando - David Sadker - Myra Sadker - Mara Sapon-Shevin - Christine E. Sleeter - Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault - Janet Ward SchofieldAbout the EditorsJames A. Banks is Russell F. Stark University Professor and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is past President of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and a member of the National Academy of Education.Cherry A. McGee Banks is professor of education at the University of Washington, Bothell. She is the co-author of Teaching Strategies for the Social Studies: Decision-Making and Citizen Action, and is the author of Improving Multicultural Education: Lessons From the Intergroup Education Movement.Banks, James A. is the author of 'Multicultural Education Issues And Perspectives', published 2004 under ISBN 9780471713630 and ISBN 0471713635.