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Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (with MyEducationLab) (8th Edition) (MyEducationLab Series) By Donna M. GollnickPhillip C. Chinn ( Allyn & Bacon )
Release Date: 2008-04-19
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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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 Garbage-great for communists
The theme of this book-white isn't right. I am outraged that I have to read this book. It is very offensive. Word for word, discussing affirmative action "whites filing reverse discrimination cases believe their individual rights to an education at a select school, a promotion or a job should be based soleley on their individual achievement. They believe that other factors such as income, ethnicity, race or gender should not be valued in the process. They overlook the fact that they have been privileged throughout their lives because of their race and family income." And who is stereotyping who? Who's to say all white people have been advantaged and come from wealthy families? And, it is very sad if you feel or represent that your group feels that you should get into a good college, get a good job, or a promotion because it is owed to you. These things should come as a result of what you did as an individual, not because someone feels they owe it to you. Besides, that card is gone now, look who's the next president! This book tries to inflict the author's liberal views instead of facts. I know that I am in school to become a teacher, but is this how the teachers get such a bad reputation for being liberals? Are they actually brainwashed by this garbage? Donna Gollnick, you have done a great disservice to your group by writing this pitiful, poor sorry me liberal book and to the people of your group that do work hard for what they have and are proud to be where they are because of their own merits, not any handouts or "social justices" as you say. You seriously have inspired me to take my graduate education and go work in an expensive private school. Thanks.
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 Class Book ( cmkleiber )
We used this book in my alternative certification class, and while we didn't finish it, there is some very good examples and information contained within. I do think I will continue reading for my own benefit, even though class is finished.
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The title of this book is wrong... ( basketofeggs2 )
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.
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awful ( shelleyhartwig )
Hated it. Could not believe I was forced to endure this text for an entire course. Totally insulting and biased.
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 Biased!
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.
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