| Defining and Designing Multiculturalism: One School System's Efforts Contributor(s): Leistyna, Pepi (Author), McLaren, Peter L. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0791455084 ISBN-13: 9780791455081 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: Just outside a major urban center on the east coast of the United States an activist group struggled to create a system-wide multicultural education program. Through a seven-year qualitative study, Pepi Leistyna documents and interprets -- via a critical pedagogical lens -- this group's work with professional development, curriculum and instruction, faculty and staff, and community outreach. Through engaging examples, stories, and participant voices, Leistyna offers a comprehensive, accessible ethnography with implications for others who might attempt similar sorts of systemic change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Multicultural Education - Education | Aims & Objectives |
| Dewey: 370.117 |
| LCCN: 2002017612 |
| Series: Suny Series, the Social Context of Education |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.98" W x 9.06" (1.01 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Just outside a major urban center on the east coast of the United States an activist group struggled to create a system-wide multicultural education program. Through a seven-year qualitative study, Pepi Leistyna documents and interprets--via a critical pedagogical lens--this group's work with professional development, curriculum and instruction, faculty and staff, and community outreach. Through engaging examples, stories, and participant voices, Leistyna offers a comprehensive, accessible ethnography with implications for others who might attempt similar sorts of systemic change. |