Description |
x, 289 pages ; 24 cm |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy.
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Contents |
1. Multicultural education: concepts, policies, and controversies / Robert K. Fullinwider -- 2. Antiracist civic education in the California History-Social Science Framework / Lawrence A. Blum -- 3. A conflict of visions: multiculturalism and the social studies / Gilbert T. Sewall -- 4. Culture, subculture, multiculturalism: educational options / K. Anthony Appiah -- 5. Multiculturalism and melange / Jeremy Waldron -- 6. Locke and multiculturalism: toleration, relativism, and reason / Susan Khin Zaw -- 7. Challenges of multiculturalism in democratic education / Amy Gutmann -- 8. Multiculturalism and history: historical perspectives and present prospects / Gary B. Nash -- 9. Patriotic history / Robert K. Fullinwider -- 10. Multicultural literature and civic education: a problematic relationship with possibilities / Sandra Stotsky -- 11. Teaching American literary history / Arthur Evenchik |
Summary |
This important collection of essays offers a sustained philosophical examination of fundamental questions raised by multicultural education in primary and secondary schools. The essays focus on both theory and policy. They discuss the relation between culture and identity, the role of reason in bridging cultural divisions, and the civic implications of multiculturalism in the teaching of history and literature. Several of the essays examine aspects of multicultural policies in California and New York, as well as the curriculum guidelines promulgated by the National Council for the Social Studies |
Analysis |
Cultural identity |
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Educational philosophy |
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Multicultural education |
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Overseas item |
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Primary education |
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Secondary education |
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Teaching |
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United States |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Cultural pluralism -- United States.
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Multicultural education -- United States.
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Multiculturalism -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Multiculturalism -- United States.
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Author |
Fullinwider, Robert K., 1942-
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LC no. |
95007766 |
ISBN |
0521496241 |
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0521499585 (paperback) |
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