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This handy reference is designed to help present and future educators acquire the concepts, paradigms, and explanations needed to become effective practitioners in culturally, racially, and language diverse classrooms and schools. The Fourth Edition reflects current and emerging research, concepts, and debates about the education of students from both genders and from different cultural, racial, ethnic, and language groups. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Issues and Concepts
ch. 1 Multicultural Education: Characteristics and Goals / James A. Banks)
The Nature of Multicultural Education
Multicultural Education: An International Reform Movement
The Historical Development of Multicultural Education
How Multicultural Education Developed
Multicultural Education and Tension among Diverse Groups
The Nature of Culture in the United States
The Social Construction of Categories
The Dimensions of Multicultural Education

ch. 2 Culture in Society and in Educational Practices (Frederick Erickson)
Culture: An Overview
Alternative Definitions and Conceptions of Culture
Cultural Issues in Education and Society
Teaching and Learning Multiculturally
Conclusion: On Diversity of Tongues and Their Educational Potential

ch. 3 Race, Class, Gender, and Disability in the Classroom (Carl A. Grant, Christine E. Sleeter)
Race, Class, Gender, Language, Disability, and Classroom Life
Approaches to Multicultural Education
Ms. Julie Wilson and Her Approach To Teaching
Social Class and Religion

ch. 4 Inner Cities, Affluent Suburbs, and Unequal Educational Opportunity (Jean Anyon)
Differences between Affluent Suburban and Inner-City-Schooling
Consequences of These Differences
What Teachers Can Do
To Make a Difference

ch. 5 Religious Diversity and Education (James K. Uphoff)
Definitions of Religion
Religious Diversity in the United States
Educational Implications
Gender
Gender Bias: From Colonial America to Today's Classrooms (David Sadker, Myra Sadker)