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Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society
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Description for Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society
Paperback. Argues that an effective citizenship education helps students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and values needed to function effectively within their cultural communities, nation states, regions, and the global community. Series: Multicultural Education Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
In this second edition of Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society - which includes three new chapters - Banks argues that an effective citizenship education helps students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and values needed to function effectively within their cultural communities, nation states, regions, and the global community. It also helps students to acquire cosmopolitan perspectives and values needed to attain equality and social justice for people around the world. In the new chapters, Banks draws heavily upon his recent work which focuses on how students in multicultural nations around the world can be educated in ways that will ... Read more
In this second edition of Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society - which includes three new chapters - Banks argues that an effective citizenship education helps students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and values needed to function effectively within their cultural communities, nation states, regions, and the global community. It also helps students to acquire cosmopolitan perspectives and values needed to attain equality and social justice for people around the world. In the new chapters, Banks draws heavily upon his recent work which focuses on how students in multicultural nations around the world can be educated in ways that will ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Multicultural Education Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807748121
SKU
V9780807748121
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About Banks
James A. Banks is Kerry and Linda Killinger Professor in Diversity Studies and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the editor of the Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, a past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), and a member ... Read more
Reviews for Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society
James Banks captures for us an essential element of American citizenship - diversity. This volume is a tribute to the triumphs, challenges, and sometimes tragedies of citizenship in a democratic and multicultural society. This is must reading for the student of U.S. history, civics, and the political process. - Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin - Madison ""The 11 essays that ... Read more