Empowerment Through Multicultural Education: From Reproduction to Contestation of Social Inequality Through Schooling.

Christine E. Sleeter

ISBN 10: 0791404447 / ISBN 13: 9780791404447

Published by State Univ of New York Pr, 1990

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340 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Empowerment Through Multicultural Education: From Reproduction to Contestation of Social Inequality Through Schooling.
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791404447
• ISBN 13: 9780791404447
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.48 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book reframes questions about student diversity by probing the extent to which society serves the interests of all, and by examining the empowerment of members of oppressed groups to direct social change. It examines the empowerment of children who are members of oppressed racial groups, lower class, and female, based on the ideas of multicultural education. A series of ethnographic studies illustrates how such young people view their world, their power to affect it in their own interests, and their response to what is usually a growing sense of powerlessness as they mature. The authors also conceptualize contributions of multicultural education to empowering young people, and report investigations of multicultural education projects educators have used for student empowerment. Issues in teacher education are also discussed.

About the Author

Christine E. Sleeter is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She is co-author of After the School Bell Rings, Making Choices for Multicultural Education, and Turning on Learning.