Toward a common destiny : improving race and ethnic relations in America
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Toward a common destiny : improving race and ethnic relations in America
Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Presents a variety of alternative strategies for improving racial and ethnic relations and reducing intolerance and discrimination. The authors, who are some of the most thoughtful scholars in the field, include a five-part plan of action and techniques to assess the effectiveness of each strategy.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Our Unfinished Task
- Part One: The Changing Policy Context
- 1. Schooling and Social Diversity: Historical Reflections - David Tyack
- 2. Race, Ethnicity, and the Defiance of Categories - Shirley Brice Heath
- 3. Youth, Interethnic Relations, and Education in Europe - James Lynch
- Part Two: The Shaping of Attitudes About Race and Ethnicity
- 4. Developmental Processes and Their Influence on Interethnic and Interracial Relations - Cynthia T. Garcia Coll, Heidie A. Vazquez Garcia
- 5. Ethnic Identity and Multicultural Competence: Dilemmas and Challenges for Minority Youth - Nancy A. Gonzales, Ana Mari Cauce
- 6. Becoming American: A Review of Current Research on the Development of Racial and Ethnic Identity in Children - Eugene E. Garcia, Aida Hurtado
- 7. Oppositional Identity and African-American Youth: Issues and Prospects - William E. Cross, Jr
- 8. Racialization and Panethnicity: From Asians in America to Asian-Americans
- Part Three: Effective Strategies for Improving Race and Ethnic Relations
- 9. Intercultural Contact and Race Relations Among American Youth - Jomills Henry Braddock II, Marving P. Hawkins, George Wilson
- 10. Promoting Positive Intergroup Relations in School Settings - Janet Ward Schofield
- 11. Enhancing Intergroup Relations in Schools: Cooperative Learning and Other Strategies - Robert E. Slavin
- 12. Multicultural Education and the Modification of Students' Racial Attitudes - James A. Banks
- 13. Education in Multicultural Settings: Perspectives from Global and International Education Programs - Judith Torney-Purta
- 14. The Mediation of Interethnic Conflict in Schools - Peter T. Coleman, Morton Deutsch
- 15. Preparing Education for Cross-Cultural Teaching - Kenneth M. Zeichner.
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