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Teaching for Diversity: A Guide to Greater Understanding - Softcover

Garcia, Ricardo L.

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Synopsis

Explore the demographic shifts in American life and schools throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and examine the impact of these shifts on education. This book provides a powerful theoretical framework for thinking about and fostering acceptance of diversity and difference. Utilizing a combination of theory and concrete examples, the author constructs a vision of schools as the foundation for an inclusive, democratic society.

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About the Author

Ricardo L Garcia is a professor of education in the College of Education and Human Science of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Garcia began his education career in 1963 as a high school English and history teacher in northern New Mexico. Since then he has continuously served in classrooms as a teacher, consultant, storyteller, and professor. In 1973, Garci­a served as codirector for a Desegregation Teacher Training Institute at Kansas State University. Since then, he has conducted research and taught in multicultural teacher education. Garcia has tested his cross-cultural instructional theories by teaching on Native American reservations, in state penitentiaries, and by conducting bilingual family literacy programs. He also has served as a university department chair and as a central administrator of student affairs programs for students of color and disadvantaged youth.

He is the author of numerous articles and chapters and one textbook, Teacher in a Pluralistic Society. In addition, he has authored four books of fiction: Coal Camp Days, 2001; Brother Bill s Bait Bites Back, 2004; Coal Camp Justice, 2005, and Montana s Top Bananas, 2007.

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