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JAMES BANKS | Faculty
James A. Banks delivered the 29th Faculty Lecture, "Democracy, Diversity and Social Justice: Education in a Global Age'"...
CME LECTURE | Audrey Osler
24th CME Symposium, "Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Minority Education in Britain: a Question of Civil Rights or Human Rights?" ...
Center for
Multicultural Education
The Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle WA, focuses on research projects and activities designed to improve practice related to equity issues, intergroup relations, and the achievement of all students. The Center also engages in services and teaching related to its research mission.
Upcoming Events
Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction July 13—24
Gloria Ladson-Billings — Culturally Relevant Teaching:
Theory and Practice
In a standards driven, high stakes tests environment is the construct of a culturally relevant pedagogy a viable, useful, or necessary one? This course rests on the premise that teachers can and do make a difference in the educational life chances of students and that difference can be enhanced through a culturally relevant approach.
Education for Diversity in a Global Society
A Puget Sound Regional Conference and Publication Launch
Friday, October 30, 2009
Co-sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity
and the Diversity Research Institute
This regional conference is being held to launch The Routledge International Companion to Multicultural Education, to celebrate the culmination of this two-year project and to disseminate its results. A major objective of this conference is to facilitate a comparative study of multicultural education across nations and to discuss the implications of education and diversity in other nations for enriching theory, research, and practice in the United States.
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Recent Publications
The Routledge International
Companion to Multicultural Education
Edited by James A. Banks
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. Learn more»
Diversity,Group Identity,and Citizenship Education in a Global Age
in Educational Researcher, April 2008
James A. Banks
Worldwide immigration and quests for rights by minority groups have caused social scientists and educators to raise serious questions about liberal assimilationist conceptions of citizenship that historically have dominated citizenship education in nation-states. Learn more»
Learning In and Out of School in Diverse Environments: Life-Long, Life-Wde, Life-Deep
James A. Banks, Kathryn H. Au, Arnetha F. Ball, Philip Bell, Edmund W. Gordon, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Shirley Brice Heath, Carol D. Lee, Yuhshi Lee, Jabari Mahiri, Na'ilah Suad Nasir, Guadalupe Valdés, Min Zhou
The increasing number of immigrant students, English Language Learners, and students of color in U. S. schools present educators with both opportunities and challenges. How can educators help close the achievement gap by building upon the languages and other learning that occurs in the home and community cultures of students from diverse groups? Learn more»
Center for Multicultural Education
