Handbook of research on multicultural education

Banks, James A. (Added Author). Banks, Cherry A. McGee. (Added Author).

Summary: Drawing on concepts, theories, and methodlolgies from history, ethnic studies, women's studies and the social behavioural sciences, the field of multicultural education is a metadiscipline designed to increase educational equity for all students

Record details

ISBN: 0028957970
ISBN: 9780028957975
Physical Description: print
xxvii, 882 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Publisher: New York : Macmillan Pub. ; London : Prentice Hall International, ©1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Multicultural education / J.A. Banks -- Curriculum theory and multicultural education / G. Gay -- National and state initiatives for multicultural education / D.M. Gollnick -- Gender and race as factors in educational leadership and administration / C.A. McGee Banks -- An analysis of the critiques of multicultural education / C.E. Sleeter -- Quantitative educational research with ethnic minorities / A.M. Padilla & K.J. Lindholm -- Ethnography in communities / S.B. Heath -- Ethnographic studies of multicultural education in classrooms and schools / H. Mehan [and others] -- Multicultural education through the lens of the multicultural education research literature / C.A. Grant & W.F. Tate -- Knowledge construction and popular culture / C.E. Cortés -- Knowledge construction, competing critical theories and education / B.M. Gordon -- Historical and social science research on Mexican Americans / R.A. Gutiérrez -- Puerto Ricans in historical and social science research / C.E. Rodríguez -- American Indian studies / C.M. Snipp -- Asian American studies / W.T. Liu and Elena S.H. Yu -- Culture-centered knowledge / J.E. King -- The American civic culture and an inclusivist immigration policy / L.H. Fuchs -- Immigrants and education / M.R. Olneck -- Educating Native Americans / K.T. Lomawaima -- Historical and sociocultural influences on African American education / C.D. Lee and D.T. Saughter-Defoe -- Educating Mexican American students / E.E. García -- A history of the education of Puerto Rican students in U.S. mainland schools / S. Nieto -- Asian Pacific American students / V.O. Pang -- Language issues in multicultural contexts / M. Minami & C.J. Ovando -- Bilingual education / C.E. Moran and K. Hakuta -- Inequality and access to knowledge / L. Darling-Hammond -- Learning styles and culturally diverse students / J.J. Irvine & D.E. York -- Research on families, schools and communities / N.M. Hidalgo [and others] -- Effective schools research / D.U. Levine & L.W. Lezotte -- Social class and schooling / M.S. Knapp & S. Woolverton -- African American teachers and culturally relevant pedagogy / M. Foster -- Understanding cultural diversity and learning / J.U. Oghu -- Review of research on school desegregation's impact on elementary and secondary school students / J. Ward Schofield -- Multicultural education / J.A. Banks -- Cooperative learning and intergroup relations / R.E. Slavin -- Improving intergroup relations among students / J.W. Schofield -- Toward a theory of multicultural counseling and therapy / D.W. Sue -- Research on racial issues in American higher education / C.I. Bennett -- Asian Pacific Americans and colleges and universities / D.T. Nakanishi -- Ethnic studies in U.S. higher education / E. Hu-DeHart -- Women's studies and curriculum transformation / B. Schmitz [and others] -- Multiculturalism and core curricula / A.K. Fitzgerald & P. Lauter -- Multicultural teacher education / G. Ladsons-Billings -- Multicultural education in Australia / R. Allan & B. Hill -- Multicultural education in the United Kingdom / P. Figueroa -- Multicultural education in Canada / K.A. Moodley -- Multicultural education in Germany / G.R. Hoff.