Comprehensive multicultural education : theory and practice /

Bennett, Christine I,

Comprehensive multicultural education : theory and practice / [print] Christine I. Bennett. - forth edition. - Boston : Allyn and Bacon, (c)1999. - xii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The case for multicultural education. Multicultural schools: what, why, and how -- The nature of culture and the contexts for multicultural teaching -- Race relations and the nature of prejudice -- Conflicting themes of assimilation and pluralism among European Americans, Jewish Americans, and African Americans -- Conflicting themes of assimilation and pluralism among American Indians, Hispanics, Asians, Muslims, and Arabs in the United States -- Individual differences that affect teaching and learning. Theories of learning style and multiple intelligence: interactions between culture and the individual -- Beyond learning style: an overview of other key individual differences -- Strengthening multicultural perspectives in curriculum and instruction. Multicultural curriculum development: a decision-making model and lesson plans -- Educational concepts and teaching strategies for multicultural classrooms.



9780205283248

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Multicultural education--United States.
International education--United States.
Global method of teaching.

LC1099.B471.C667 1999