The Routledge International Companion to Multicultural Education

Edited by James A. Banks

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• ISBN: 978-0-415-96230-8
• Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 16th March 2009
• Pages: 592

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About the Book

This volume is the first authoritative reference work to provide a truly comprehensive international description and analysis of multicultural education around the world. It is organized around key concepts and uses case studies from various nations in different parts of the world to exemplify and illustrate the concepts. Case studies are from many nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Norway, Bulgaria, Russia, South Africa, Japan, China, India, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brazil, and Mexico. Two chapters focus on regions— Latin America and the French-speaking nations in Africa. The book is divided into ten sections, covering theory and research pertaining to curriculum reform, immigration and citizenship, language, religion, and the education of ethnic and cultural minority groups among other topics.

With 40 newly commissioned pieces written by a prestigious group of internationally renowned scholars, The Routledge International Companion to Multicultural Education provides the definitive statement on the state of multicultural education and on its possibilities for the future.

Reviews

"Even for a writer and academic of such caliber as James Banks, this book is a tour de force…The splendid editing has produced assured writing as well as authoritative views and analysis throughout, and this means that however complex the ideas, it is remarkably easy to read…The writers’ ideology and their depth of analysis means that the book looks forward as well as capturing so much of what has brought us to where we are now."--Gillian Klein, Race Equality Teaching (2009)

"Collectively the chapters present an invaluable foundation to monitor multicultural policy situations and practices globally...K-12 practitioners as well as scholars of multicultural education can benefit by dipping into various chapters of interest located in the International Companion."--Michael Vavrus, Teachers College Record (November 2009)

"This, the third volume in an impressive series by Routledge, will long be a definitive resource on international multicultural education...It is a must buy for all colleges around the world and an agreeable desk volume and thoughtful stimulus for educators and scholars."--Patrick M. Valentine, Multicultural Review (Winter 2009), Vol. 18, No. 4: 68

"This book is essential reading for educators, policy makers, researchers, and scholars interested in the promotion of a multicultural education that is truly participatory...Its scope is especially critical for a time when the migration of so many people globally makes it ever more necessary not only to understand one’s local context, but also the context from which newcomers to the community come."--Elsie Szecsy, Education Review (January 2010)

Table of Contents

Part 1: Multicultural education: theoretical perspectives and issues

1. Multicultural Education: Dimensions and Paradigms, James A. Banks

2. Critical multiculturalism and education, Stephen May

3. Worldwide population movements, diversity, and education, Stephen Castles

4. Globalization, immigration, and schooling, Marcelo Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco

Part 2: Multicultural education and diversity across nations

5. Multicultural dducation in the United States: Historical realities, ongoing challenges, and transformative possibilities, Sonia Nieto

6. Multicultural education policy in Canada: Competing ideologies, interconnected discourses, Reva Joshee

7. Multicultural education in Australia: Two generations of evolution, Christine Inglis

8. Multicultural education in the United Kingdom, Sally Tomlinson

9. From intercultural education to the inclusion of diversity: Theories and policies in Europe, Cristina Allemann-Ghionda

10. Multicultural education in South Africa, Crain Soudien

11. Multicultural education in Japan, Yasumasa Hirasawa

Part 3: Race, intergroup relations, and schooling

12. Critical perspectives on race and schooling, David Gillborn and Deborah Youdell

13. The nature and origins of children’s racial attitudes, Rebecca S. Bigler and Julie Milligan Hughes

14. Modifying children’s racial attitudes, Frances E. Aboud

15. Education programs for improving relations between Jews and Palestinians in Israel, Zvi Bekerman

16. Multicultural education for young children, Patricia G. Ramsey

Part 4: Culture, teaching, and learning

17. Cultural influences on learning, Carol D. Lee

18. Socialization, literacy, and empowerment, Thor Ola Engen

Part 5: The education of indigenous groups

19. Connecting the circle in American Indian education, Donna Deyhle and Karen Gayton Comeau

20. Indigenous education in Peru, Maria Elena Garcia

21. The struggle to educate the Maori in New Zealand, Wally Penetito

Part 6: Citizenship, immigration, and education

22. Diversity, group identity, and citizenship education in a global age, James A. Banks

23. Education, integration, and citizenship in France, Eva Lemaire

24. Citizenship education in France and England: Contrasting approaches to national identity and diversity, Audrey Osler and Hugh Starkey

25. Democracy, antiracism, and citizenship education: European policy and political complacency, Hugh Starkey and Audrey Osler

26. Diversity and citizenship education in Bulgaria, Hristo Kyuchukov

Part 7: Language, culture, identity, and education

27. Language, culure, and identity across nations, Suzanne Romaine

28. Language policies and language education in Francophone Africa: A critique and a call to action, Hassana Alidou

29. Language education policy in multi-ethnic Malaysia, Saran Kaur Gill

Part 8: Religion, culture, identity, and education

30. Cultural diversity, Muslims, and education in France and England: Two contrasting models in Western Europe, Nasar Meer, Valérie Sala Pala, Tariq Modood, and Patrick Simon

31. Religion, culture, language, and education in India, Reva Joshee and Karen Sihra

32. Islamic religious education and Muslim religiosity in Singapore, Mukhlis Abu Bakar

33. Religion, ethnicity, and identity in Indonesian education, Joel C. Kuipers and Ella Yulaelawati

Part 9: The education of ethnic and cultural minority groups in Europe

34. Migrant minority groups in Germany: Success and failure in education, Sigrid Luchtenberg

35. The education of ethnic, racial, and cultural minority groups in Spain, Teresa Aguado Odina

36. Educational policies for ethnic and cultural groups in Russia, Isak D. Froumin and Andrei Zakharov

Part 10: The education of ethnic and cultural minority groups in Asia and Latin America

37. The education of ethnic minority groups in China, Gerard A. Postiglione

38. Social inequality as a barrier to multicultural education in Latin America, Martin Carnoy

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39. Achieving quality education for Indigenous peoples and Blacks in Brazil, Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva and Sonia Stella Araújo-Olivera

40. The education of ethnic minority groups in Mexico, Sonia Stella Araújo-Olivera and Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva

About the Author(s)

James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Professor of Diversity Studies and Founding Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is a past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). His books include the Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education; Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives; and Race, Culture, and Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks (Routledge).

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