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Changing education for diversity / David Corson.

By: Corson, David.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Changing education.Publisher: Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1998Description: xiv, 268 p. : 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0335195873.Subject(s): Educational equalization -- Cross-cultural studies | Minorities -- Education -- Cross-cultural studies | Critical pedagogy -- Cross-cultural studies | Multicultural education -- Cross-cultural studiesDDC classification: 370.115
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Employing an international and cross-cultural perspective, this text presents policies and practices for responding to the current diversity in schools, particularly as regards: girls from immigrant cultures; indigenous cultural groups; the urban poor; and language minorities. Each chapter includes not only questions for reflection and discussion but also numerous guidelines, stages, steps and checklists for evaluation and goal-setting.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Series editors' preface (p. viii)
  • Preface and acknowledgements (p. x)
  • 1 Reforming education for diversity: leavening power with social justice (p. 1)
  • 2 Building community-based education through critical policy making (p. 25)
  • 3 Changing the education of aboriginal peoples (p. 44)
  • 4 Changing the education of girls from immigrant cultures (p. 83)
  • 5 Changing the education of the urban poor (p. 111)
  • 6 Changing the education of minority language groups (p. 157)
  • 7 Making the educational world safe for students from diverse backgrounds (p. 202)
  • Notes (p. 217)
  • References (p. 235)
  • Index (p. 261)