Human diversity in education : an integrative approach

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Human diversity in education : an integrative approach

Kenneth Cushner, Averil McClelland, Philip Safford

McGraw-Hill, c1992

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book attempts an integrated treatment of the various forms of human diversity found in schools: gender, racial, ethnic, class, language and handicap. It stresses the culture-learning (socialization) process: how individuals become functioning group members and how their cultural conditioning produces barriers to understanding and interacting with those who are "different" from themselves. The book is aimed at courses dealing with human diversity in education and "broadened" multicultural language, and social class differences. It may also appeal to many foundations instructors with an interest in diversity and inequality.

Table of Contents

  • Part I Human diversity - a problem and an opportunity: human diversity and education - an overview
  • the culture-learning process
  • analyzing intercultural interaction
  • communicating across culture
  • influences in learning. Part II Human diversity - policy and practice: pluralism and educational policy - a brief history
  • multicultural and bilingual education
  • exceptionality in the context of diversity
  • the experience of gender
  • expanding educational boundaries. Part III Human diversity - emerging theory and practice
  • the emerging educational community
  • the transformation of curriculum
  • the transformation of pedagogy
  • transformation of school culture.

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