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, c2000

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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This text addresses the preparation of teachers for the various forms of human diversity they are certain to meet in their classrooms, schools and communities, including that of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, class, language, sexual orientation and ability levels.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Foundations for multicultural teaching: education in a changing society
  • multicultural education - historical and theoretical perspectives
  • culture and the culture-learning process
  • classrooms and schools as cultural crossroads. Part 2 Multicultural teaching in action: developing learning communities - language and learning style
  • creating developmentally appropriate classrooms
  • creating an inclusive classroom - health and the ability/disability continuum
  • developing a collaborative classroom - gender and sexual orientation
  • the classroom as a global community - race, ethnicity/nationality and region
  • religious pluralism in secular classrooms
  • assessing progress -the importance of social class and social status
  • classrooms of today and tomorrow.

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