Transforming Multicultural Education Policy and Practice

James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus, University of Washington.

• ContentsAcknowledgments  viiIntroduction  1James A. BanksPart I: History and Foundations of Intergroup and Multicultural Education1.  Responding to Diversity in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Intergroup Education Movement  21Cherry A. McGee Banks2.  Multicultural Education: History and Dimensions  42James A. BanksPart II: Structural and Institutional Racism in Schools3.  Understanding the Structural Nature of Oppression  Through Racism  55Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo4.  White Dominance and the Weight of the West  80Gary R. HowardPart III: Culture, Teaching, and Learning5.  Culture and Learning  111Sonia Nieto6.  Culturally Responsive Pedagogy  137Tyrone C. Howard7.  Modeling with Cultural Data Sets  164Carol D. LeePart IV: Curriculum Reform: History, Ethnic Studies, and English Language Learners8.  Teaching What Really Happened: History as a Weapon  189James W. Loewen9.  What the Research Says About Ethnic Studies  209Christine E. Sleeter and Miguel Zavala10.  Realistic Expectations: English Language Learners and the Acquisition of “Academic” English  239Guadalupe ValdésPart V: School Reform11.  The Role of Schools in Reducing Racial Inequality  275Pedro Noguera and Esa Syeed12.  Embracing a Structural View of Poverty and Education: Ditching Deficit Ideology and Quitting Grit  315Paul C. Gorski13.  Organizing for Success: From Inequality to Quality  326Linda Darling-HammondAfterword  377Margaret Smith CroccoCredits  386About the Contributors  387Index  391

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