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Teaching for diversity : a guide to greater understanding / Ricardo L. Garcia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garcia, Ricardo L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multicultural education--United States.
- Multicultural education.
- Multicultural education--Canada.
- Minorities--Education--United States.
- Minorities.
- Minorities--Education--Canada.
- Cultural pluralism--Study and teaching.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Ind. : Solution Tree Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explore the demographic shifts in American life and schools throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and examine the impact of these shifts on education. This book provides a powerful theoretical framework for thinking about and fostering acceptance of diversity and difference. Utilizing a combination of theory and concrete examples, the author constructs a vision of schools as the foundation for an inclusive, democratic society.
- Contents:
- What is an American?
- Diversity in a free society
- Universal education for a free society
- Honoring culture and self-identity
- Reducing prejudice
- Understanding the achievement gap
- Teacher as learning-enabler
- Linking goals and instructional strategies
- Developing curricula for diversity
- Building community in diverse classrooms.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781936765560
- 193676556X
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