Dictionary of Multicultural Education

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Multicultural education has become one of the most widely discussed concepts in education today. Yet, at the same time, it is also one of the most misunderstood. Now, teachers, students and other interested parties can turn to the "Dictionary of Multicultural Education" to further their knowledge and understanding of this increasingly popular educational practice. As the authoritative reference work on this subject, the Dictionary includes detailed descriptions of more than 100 key words and phrases that are commonly used in the discussion of multicultural education at both the local school and national levels. Each entry begins with a simple, clear description of a concept or term and moves to a more in-depth discussion, using illustrative examples to bring the concept alive. Also included are brief biographical profiles of scholars, theoreticians and practitioners who have emerged as leaders in this field.

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Grant and Ladson-Billings (both Univ. of Wisconsin) demonstrate the breadth of their familiarity with multicultural concepts in this dictionary. . . . Definitions are short, clear, and thorough. * Choice *
[E]xplain[s] terms educators and public policy makers will use or encounter in debates about education. * Rettig on Reference *
[T]his important reference work, which belongs in all libraries. * ARBA *
This book would be an appropriate addition to the education collections of academic and large public libraries, as much for its bibliographies as for its articles. * Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin *

Author Bio

Carl A. Grant is Hoefs-Bascom professor of teacher education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and a professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has written and edited 17 books and monographs in multicultural education and/or teacher education. These include Research and Multicultural Education (1993), Making Choices for Multicultural Education (with Christine E. Sleeter, 1994), After the School Bell Rings (2nd ed.) (with Christine E. Sleeter, 1995), and Educating for Diversity (1993). He has also written more than 100 articles, chapters in books, and reviews. Several of his writings and programs that he directed have received awards. He is a former classroom teacher and administrator. Gloria Ladson-Billings is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ladson-Billings earned her PhD in curriculum and teacher education at Standford University in 1984. Prior to attending Stanford, she earned a masters' degree in education at the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, and an undergraduate degree in education at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.