Race, Culture and Education:The selected works of James A. Banks

2006 234 pages/ISBN 0415398207

Overview

In this book, Banks has compiled a career-long collection of 18 of his most significant articles, book chapters, and papers which show the evolution of his research and scholarship over nearly four decades as well as the evolution of multicultural education. This collection shows how the growth of the field has mirrored Banks' development as a scholar, teacher, and researcher.

A specially written introduction gives an overview of the author's career and describes the personal, professional, and social context for his selections. Banks describes how his personal journey as an African American who came of age in the American South during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s influences his research and teaching and is a significant source of his commitment to social justice research and work.

The seven parts into which the book is divided reflects the evolution of Banks' scholarship as well as the development of the field of multicultural education:

• Black studies, the teaching of history, and research
• Teaching Ethnic Studies
• Teaching social studies for decision-making and citizen action
• Multiethnic education and school reform
• Multicultural education and knowledge construction
• The Global dimensions of multicultural education
• Democracy, diversity, and citizenship education

The last part of the book consists of a selected bibliography of the publications by Banks.

Click here for a review of this book by Tim Brighouse that was published in the Times Education Supplement ( London ), June 23, 2006 .

Click here for a review of this book by Tyrone C. Howard that was published in the Teachers College Record, December 20, 2006.

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