Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society Review
This is a good basic textbook for raising cultural awareness. As a member of the "dominant" culture in the U.S. who has seen many that don't really understand cultural differences (except on a superficial level), I recommend it. Ideally, we can all learn to be more receptive to other cultures and become a little less "thin skinned" about our own.
Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society Overview
This highly acclaimed text helps future teachers understand the issues of multiculturalism and teaches them how to apply multicultural teaching methods to create more effective classroom instruction. Looking at the classroom through a non-biased, non-sexist scope, this text provides specific recommendations to reach all children with equal and effective methods. The updates in this edition reflect the continually-changing face of today's classrooms, expected to be 30% culturally diverse by the end of this century.
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Customer Reviews
Seller contact - AmandaV0125 -
Was very disappointed how the book arrived but after contacting the seller they were able to give me some of my money back since I wanted to keep the book.
A Waste of Paper and Time - Julie Ann Kerstein -
I had to read this book for a class (actually, I'm currently reading it for the class) and all I can say is that it is the most prejudicial, hateful and demeaning thing I have ever had to read. All the book does is tout how evil White people are and how badly Blacks and Hispanics are discriminated against. According to the book, only White people discriminate and the Blacks and Hispanics have no control over their lives. Now I am not naive and I do know that there is racism and discrimination in the world, but White people are not the only perpetrators of it as the book seems to insinuate. If you have to read this book for a class, I feel your pain. If you are looking to read something for your own information, then save your money and buy something else. At this point I think a toaster would be a better use of your money than this book.
-9 Stars - guy - Pfafftown, NC
We should be able to rate items with negative stars.
According to this book, white people...
"see themselves as superior to persons and groups of color"
"take no responsibility for society's racism"
"have little or no experience with discrimination"
"have no experience of knowing or feeling racism"
"are really not interested in eliminating racism because they never recognize it or choose to ignore it"
The list goes on.
The authors state these assertions as absolute fact. How ironic that one of them is a white woman. They constantly write about white people stereotyping others, and yet they are stereotyping whites with no evidence for their claims. I emailed the authors to ask them for some proof of their ridiculous statements and received no response. I had to spend on this book for a GRADUATE level education course. This book isn't about being a successful teacher of diverse students, it's about smearing the "dominant, privileged group."
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