Multicultural Education 6e: Issues and Perspectives

by James A. Banks, Cherry A. McGee Banks

Today's classrooms are more diverse than ever before. In order to reach these students, educators must be aware of the issues facing their various cultural, racial, ethnic, and language groups. Focusing on the pertinent issues in multicultural education, this new edition raises these critical issues and facilitates meaningful discussion. It has been completely updated with the latest developments in the field to provide the educator with all the tools necessary to become effective practitioners.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Psychology, Anthropology, Grad School, Cultural

512 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1988

About the author

James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle. He was the Russell F. Stark University Professor at the University of Washington, 2001–2006. Professor Banks is a past president of the American Educational Research Association and of the National Council for the Social Studies. He is a specialist in social studies education and multi­cultural education and has written widely in these fields.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just read this book for my Multicultural Education course. I thought the textbook was easy to read and follow. I thought it provided good ideas and strategies for teachers that teach diverse classrooms. Overall, I would recommend this textbook to future, novice, and current teachers or anyone who is interested in Multicultural Education.

[Sky Hull · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this textbook. The only reason it doesn't get higher than a 3 star from me is because the tone of the text really started to bother me. It felt as though they were speaking to me as if I were a child for a large portion of the text and that really rubbed me the wrong way. However, the information that is covered and the topics discussed in this text are CRUCIAL for any educator to have a firm foundation in. It really opened my eyes to what needs to be happening in my classroom that is not currently there. It also helped me with planning a lot of my curriculum for the fall semester - especially since I teach American Lit and the literary canon is nowhere even close to diverse. I am very excited to apply what I have learned from this text.

[Aileen Lundeen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not light reading. I read this for for a diversity class, and found it very well worth my time. I would recommend this for college level readers. Even if you feel that you are a person who is aware of multicultural issues, this book will have new information for you.

[Alissa Quinlan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good general multicultural education book. Gives a lot of ideas and examples. Pretty broad.

[Alicia Weaver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book. Really opened my eyes.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I appreciated the number of topics addressed. I wished in part a few were more readable, I have read the articles referenced within and I found it to be too overdigested in parts or just spouting research in others. Overall I think it addresses important issues, and I liked some chapters better than others.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting, fun, inspiring textbook including chapters written by a variety of experts in multicultural education topics! Who knew that was possible!

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good foundation book.

[David Fox · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is no way I could have read this straight through. But, despite how much I hate admitting it. I enjoyed reading parts of it for class and it made me think. Grrrr.