Public Education in a Multicultural Society: Policy, Theory, Critique

By: Fullinwider, Robert K.

Book Overview

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 multi-culturalism in the teaching of history and literature. Several of the essays examine aspects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521499585
• ISBN13: 9780521499583
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"