Race, Culture, And Education: Selected Works Of James A. Banks

Description:
Considered the father of multicultural education in the US and known throughout the world as one of the field's most important founders, theorists, and researchers, James A. Banks has here collected twenty-one of his most important and best works from across the span of his career. Drawing out the major themes that have shaped the field of multicultural education as well as outlining the development of Banks' own career, these articles, chapter and papers focus on eight key issues: black Studies and the teaching of history; research and research issues; teaching ethnic studies; teaching social studies for decision-making and citizen action; multiethnic education and school reform; multicultural education and knowledge construction; the global dimensions of multicultural education; democracy, diversity, and citizenship education. The last part of the book consists of a selected bibliography of all Banks' publications over his forty year career, as a source of further reading on each of these pivotal ideas.

Table of Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I BLACK STUDIES, THE TEACHING OF HISTORY, AND RESEARCH Teaching Black History with a Focus on Decision Making Inquiry: A History Teaching Tool (with Ermon O. Hogan) Varieties of History: Negro, Black, White Remembering Brown: Silence, Loss, Rage, and Hope Black Youth in Predominantly White Suburbs Part II TEACHING ETHNIC STUDIES Teaching for Ethnic Literacy: A Comparative Approach Ethnic Studies as a Process of Curriculum Reform Part III TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES FOR DECISION-MAKING AND CITIZEN ACTION Decision-Making: The Heart of the Social Studies The Social Studies, Ethnic Diversity, and Social Change Part IV MULTIETHNIC EDUCATION AND SCHOOL REFORM Imperatives in Ethnic Minority Education Pluralism, Ideology, and Curriculum Reform Part V MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE CONTRUCTION Multicultural Education: Development, Dimensions and Challenges Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform The Canon Debate, Knowledge Construction, and Multicultural Education PART VI THE GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION Multiethnic Education Across Cultures: United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, France, and Great Britain Multicultural Education and Its Critics: Britain and the United States PART VII DEMOCRACY, DIVERSITY, AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION Multicultural Citizenship Education Democracy, Diversity, and Social Justice: Educating Citizens in a Global Age Selected Bibliography Index