Adult education in a multicultural society edited by Beverly Benner Cassara

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cassara, Beverly Benner.

Series:

Routledge series on the theory and practice of adult education in North America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education--United States.

Adult education.

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

Physical Description:

xv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.

Contents:

Introduction / Beverly Benner Cassara

Part I. Dimensions of the problem

Cultural pluralism, democracy and multicultural education / Young Pai

Multiculturalism in education : the importance of meaning / Charles A. Tesconi, Jr.

Linguistic minorities and adult education in the United States / C. Ray Graham and Peter S. Cookson

Part II. Past and present concerns of major ethnic groups

More than the three 'R's' : the development of Black adult education in Manhattan / Charlotte T. Morgan

Adult education and the American Indian / John W. Tippeconnic, III

The education of Hispanic adults : pedagogical strands and cultural meanings / Martha Montero-Sieburth

Asian Pacific Americans and adult education : the social and political resocialization of a diverse immigrant and refugee population / Don T. Nakanishi

Part III. Innovative approaches to practice and research

Education as a social agent : one university's answer to a multiethnic graduate adult population / Philip T.K. Daniel and Vesta A.H. Daniel

Experiencing the unfamiliar : matrix for learning / Thelma Barer-Stein

The use of a negotiated approach in health care : University-community group interaction / Joan S. Reeves

The dynamics of hosting an international exchange student / Kimberly Miller, Cornelius Grove, Bettina Hansel

The Hispanic adult learner in a rural community college / Rene Diaz-Lefebvre.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415036445

9780415036443

0415909139

9780415909136

OCLC:

20417085