Multicultural Education Sparknotes

Locating and Annotating Recent Knowledge of Value in Education

Banks, James A. An introduction to multicultural education. Allyn and Bacon Inc., 160 Gould St., Needham Heights, MA 02194., 1994. Banks’ book is focused on introducing preservice and practicing educators to the major concepts in multicultural education. He offers an appropriate approach to multicultural education so that the reader can understand and find the book interesting to read. Banks describes all elements of multicultural education and how they have been implemented in some countries. Therefore, this book is intended for the readers who can devote only limited time to the topic. Teachers who are using this book in teaching their students to get a strong background in

In chapter 1, Banks discusses multicultural education goals, the debate over the canon of instruction, and approaches to multicultural education. Chapter 2 describes the citizenship education and diversity in a global age and the author describes how the countries all over the world have increased diversity as well as the way they have accepted diversity. Banks talks about dimensions and school characteristics, as well as the dimensions of multicultural education in chapter 3 of his book. Chapter 4 describes the curriculum transformation which is required to help the teachers and students in making model changes so as they can be able to view the American and world experience from the perspectives of diverse cultural, ethnic, racial, racial, and gender

These concepts are easily understandable for a student audience, and the examples provided by the author encourages a deeper understanding of the expectations I have when reading the books on multicultural education. This book fits within my understanding of education because the author’s ultimate argument reinforces the understanding I have for multicultural education. However, the author has given numerous examples in his book and also explored interesting concepts in multicultural education. This has challenged my understanding of education because I have learned a lot and after reading this book my perception on education has changed because I have gained great insights about the topic. I am ready to apply the concepts and ideas I have learned in my future classroom as a