Multicultural education, transformative knowledge, and action : historical and contemporary perspectives / edited by James A. Banks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banks, James A.

Series:

Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)

Multicultural education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education--United States--History.

Multicultural education.

Educational change--United States--History.

Educational change.

Minorities--Education.

History.

Feminism and education.

United States.

Feminism and education--United States--History.

Minorities--Education--United States--History.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [1996]

Summary:

This book discusses: The types of knowledge, the characteristics of transformative knowledge, the historical roots of multicultural education, and its links to transformative teaching-- The historical development of transformative scholarship, through case studies of individual pioneers such as Carter G. Woodson, Allison Davis, George I. Sanchez, Franz Boas, Mourning Dove, Ella Deloria, and Robert E. Park-- The work of women scholars and activists who have faced the oppressions of race, gender, and class, such as Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Septima Clark, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Patricia Hill Collins. Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt are the subjects of chapter-long case studies-- School reforms such as language revitalization and curricular reform.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807735329

0807735310

OCLC:

34190216