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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480253603321

Titolo

Diversity in schools / / volume editors, Frank Brown, Richard C. Hunter, Saran Donahoo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles : , : SAGE Reference, , 2012

ISBN

1-78268-278-3

1-4522-6666-2

1-4522-1849-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Debating issues in American education ; ; volume 3

Disciplina

370.1170973

Soggetti

Multicultural education - United States

Minorities - Education - United States

Marginality, Social - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS-FRONT COVER""; ""DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ABOUT THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF""; ""ABOUT THE VOLUME EDITORS""; ""ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DIVERSITY AND QUALITY EDUCATION""; ""DESEGREGATION""; ""INSTRUCTION""; ""Curriculum""; ""Personnel""; ""Title I and Race to the Top Programs""; ""Support Services""; ""EDUCATIONAL EQUITY""; ""Educational Funding""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Further Readings and Resources""; ""Court Cases and Statutes""; ""1. Should the Courts Be the Primary Focus in Efforts to Achieve Desegregation?""

""OVERVIEW: Frank Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill""""POINT: Richard C. Hunter University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Bahrain Teachers College, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain""; ""THE BROWN DECISIONS""; ""OTHER IMPORTANT SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CASES""; ""RETREATING FROM BROWN""; ""PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE""; ""THE AUTHORà‚€?S POSITION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REBUTTAL STATEMENT""; ""COUNTERPOINT: E. Lincoln James and Paul E. Pitre Washington State University""; ""GENERAL BACKGROUND: THE



FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AND SCHOOL DESEGREGATION""

""THE COURTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND THE ESEA""""THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DECISIONS IN THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION DESEGREGATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Further Readings and Resources""; ""Court Cases and Statutes""; ""2. Are Multicultural Counseling Programs in Schools Needed to Improve the Academic Performance of Students?""; ""OVERVIEW: Saran Donahoo Southern Illinois University Carbondale""; ""POINT: Deneia M. Thomas Eastern Kentucky University Lynda Brown Wright University of Kentucky""; ""THE RATIONALE FOR MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING PROGRAMS""; ""MULTICULTURAL TRAINING MODELS""

""The Separate Course Model""""The Integration or Infusion Model""; ""The Area of Concentration Model""; ""Combining Approaches""; ""ADDRESSING RACIAL PREJUDICE""; ""RESPONSE TO COUNTERPOINT""; ""COUNTERPOINT: Jennifer L. Burris, Katrina A. R. Akande, and Sonja M. Feist-Price University of Kentucky""; ""EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS""; ""BROADER ISSUES IMPACTING THE EFFICACY OF MULTICULTURALLY BASED PROGRAMS""; ""The Danger of Overlooking Issues Not Related to Race/Ethnicity?""; ""Political Agendas""; ""Postmodernism and Cultural Relativism""

""CRITIQUES OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY""""CONCLUSION""; ""Further Readings and Resources""; ""3. Are Traditional University Preparation Programs the Best Way to Prepare Teachers and Administrators to Teach Diverse Student Populations?""; ""OVERVIEW: Frank Brown University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill""; ""POINT: Martin Scanlan Marquette University""; ""DEMOGRAPHIC IMPERATIVE""; ""PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE FIELD""; ""Educators as Professionals""; ""INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION""; ""Reforming the Field: Cultivating Expertise""; ""CONCLUSION""

""COUNTERPOINT: Carl Byron Keys, II University of Virginia""

Sommario/riassunto

Contributors explore such varied issues as ability grouping, affirmative action, bilingual education, gender bias, illegal aliens in the classroom, mainstreaming and inclusion, and more. Each chapter opens with an introductory essay by the volume editor, followed by point/counterpoint articles written and signed by invited experts, and concludes with further readings and resources.