Dictionary of Multicultural Education

Carl A Grant author Gloria Ladson-Billings author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:13th Aug '97

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Multiculturalism is one of the most widely discussed concepts in education today. Now, educators, university students, scholars, or anyone interested in multiculturalism can turn to the Dictionary of Multicultural Education to gain further information on and understanding of this important field. As the authoritative reference work on the subject, the Dictionary includes in-depth explanations of the history, use, and implications of more than 150 terms as defined by scholars prominent in the field. This reference work comprises terms of relevant legislation, educational-theoretical concepts and methodologies, and sociopolitical movements and conditions.

"Grant and Ladson-Billings (both Univ. of Wisconsin) demonstrate the breadth of their familiarity with multicultural concepts in this dictionary. . . . Definitions are short, clear, and thorough." - Choice
"[E]xplain[s] terms educators and public policy makers will use or encounter in debates about education." - Rettig on Reference
"[T]his important reference work, which belongs in all libraries." - ARBA
"This book would be an appropriate addition to the education collections of academic and large public libraries, as much for its bibliographies as for its articles." - Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

ISBN: 9780897747981

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336 pages