Changing education for diversity / David Corson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corson, David.

Series:

Changing education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--Cross-cultural studies.

Educational equalization.

Critical pedagogy.

Cross-cultural studies.

Minorities--Education.

Minorities--Education--Cross-cultural studies.

Minorities.

Critical pedagogy--Cross-cultural studies.

Multicultural education--Cross-cultural studies.

Multicultural education.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 268 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1998.

Summary:

Reforms to education for diversity are now getting worldwide attention because of the great population shifts over the last two or three generations. These migrations highlight issues that once went unnoticed, even in countries that always had large minority groups. A climate favoring the more tolerant treatment of students from diverse backgrounds is affecting schools everywhere. And important changes are taking place in the education of: girls from immigrant cultures, indigenous cultural groups, the urban poor and language minorities. Using an international and cross-cultural scope, this book presents policies and practices that already work in real schools, and which the world of education can learn from.

Contents:

1 Reforming education for diversity: leavening power with social justice 1

2 Building community-based education through critical policy making 25

3 Changing the education of aboriginal peoples 44

4 Changing the education of girls from immigrant cultures 83

5 Changing the education of the urban poor 111

6 Changing the education of minority language groups 157

7 Making the educational world safe for students from diverse backgrounds 202.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.

ISBN:

0335195881

0335195873

OCLC:

37588445