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Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (with MyEducationLab) (8th Edition) (MyEducationLab Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Donna M. Gollnick, Phillip C. Chinn
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Category: Book
List Price: $95.20
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 27324
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0137147996
Dewey Decimal Number: 370
EAN: 9780137147991
ASIN: 0137147996
Publication Date: April 19, 2008
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Product Description
This well-respected book helps readers understand pluralism and the complexities of cultural backgrounds and how to use this knowledge successfully in the classroom. It appropriately describes seven critical microcultures to which students and teachers belong: class; ethnicity and race; gender; exceptionality; religion; language; and age. These microcultures form the foundation for understanding pluralism and multicultural education. A focus on current issues features sections on hate groups, school violence, social justice, culturally responsible teaching, and teaching for democracy. Video insights incorporated into each chapter promote stimulating social and cultural discussions around video segments from ABC News. For teachers striving to deliver an equitable education to all students.
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 The title of this book is wrong... October 1, 2008
It should be called "WHITE PEOPLE ARE EVIL". I am currently in a course where this is required reading. Not only is this book bias to the extreme but it does not back up any of its claims. As another reviewer stated it assumes that all white people come from money and are power hungry pigs. I'm sorry not all of us come from old New England or Southern Plantation money.
The authors contradict themselves left and right and offer no real solution to any of the problems they present. On page 8 it shows a picture of a white child and teacher with the caption:
"Although the Supreme Court ruled that schools should be desegregated in 1954, students in many classrooms today are from the same racial, ethnic, or language group".
What does that mean? Is it wrong if a class is mostly made up of people of the same race, religion...etc What if that neighborhood doesn't have any Asian Americans? Should a Asian American child be bused in solely for the purpose of making the class room more diverse? To me that sounds like I'm exploiting the child and putting him on display.
This book is a piece of garbage. It's insulting not only to me but most of the class feels the same way (and some of them are the minorities this book champions). I'm sorry but I don't have any white guilt. My family didn't arrive in America until 1906.
awful May 21, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Hated it. Could not believe I was forced to endure this text for an entire course. Totally insulting and biased.
Biased! March 25, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
While this book may contain some good information on multicultrual education I find it difficult to get past the bias presented in it. Based on statements like
"A crucial fact in understanding racism is that whites see themselves as superior to persons and groups of color, and as a result exercise their power to prevent people of color from securing the prestige, power, and privilege held by whites."
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"Whites go through a developmental stages as they develop their racial identity and abandon racism."
The authors seem to presume that all whites are racist, power hungry, pigs. Knowing that such a generalization is patently false how can I trust the content describing peoples of other cultural backgrounds.
Waste of time December 3, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
While I can't imagine anybody buying this book unless required to for a class, let me warn you away just in case. It's bad. I mean really bad. The writing is completely without any sort of character or flair. It's only point seems to be that white men are all super lucky and they suck. Personal agenda by the authors, perhaps? Anyway, if it is a required text for a class, complain to the instructor. I wish I had.
 wonderful condition September 7, 2005
0 out of 14 found this review helpful
The book was what I had ordered and the condition of the book was perfect. Thanks for the fast delivery.
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