Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach

Philip L. Safford; Philip L. Safford; Averil McClelland

ISBN 10: 0070150672 / ISBN 13: 9780070150676

Published by McGraw-Hill Companies (edition 2nd), 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (edition 2nd)
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070150672
• ISBN 13: 9780070150676
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A core text for multicultural education courses, this book provides a broad treatment of the various forms of human diversity found in today's schools: gender, racial, ethnic, class, language, and handicapping conditions. It also examines the broad social, cultural, and economic changes that are sweeping across the world an dhow new ways of "doing school" are emerging to accommodate these changes.

About the Author

Kenneth Cushner is Associate Dean for Student Life and Intercultural Affairs, and Professor of Education and in the College and Graduate School of Education at Kent State University. He received his doctorate at the University of Hawaii while on scholarship with the Institute of Culture and Communication of the East-West Center. Dr. Cushner is a frequent contributor to the professional development of educators and other professionals through workshops, writing, consulting, and travel programs. Among his publications, he is co-author of Intercultural Interactions: A Practical Guide, 2/e (Sage Publications, 1996); co-editor of Improving Intercultural Interactions, Vol. 2 (Sage Pub, 1997); editor of International Perspectives on Intercultural Education (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998), and author of Human Diversity in Action (McGraw-Hill, 1999). He has taught in schools or developed educational programs for teachers and youths on all seven continents, and is current Director of COST—The Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching.