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Race, Culture, and Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks

reviewed by Tyrone C. Howard - December 20, 2006

Title: Race, Culture, and Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks
Author(s): James A. Banks
Publisher: Routledge, New York
ISBN: 0415398207 , Pages: 234, Year: 2006
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Over the past century, a number of scholars have had a profound influence on the manner in which researchers think about important issues in education. However, the difficult terrain of examining race, culture, and ethnicity has always been a complicated and frequently avoided area of research for mainstream scholars. As the U.S. has become increasingly diverse, one could argue that perhaps no other scholar has been as prolific, informative, and transformative in examining race, culture, and history in education as James A. Banks has been over the past 40 years. The collection of Professor Banks’ works in Race, Culture, and Education: The selected works of James A. Banks offers a comprehensive account of his personal and professional journey to incorporate multicultural education into the mainstream discourse on educational research, theory, and practice. A perusal of Professor Banks in this important volume published by Routledge Publishers shows the rigor and complexity that... (preview truncated at 150 words.)

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Tyrone Howard University of California, Los Angeles E-mail Author TYRONE HOWARD is an Associate Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. He has recently published works in Urban Review and The Journal of Teacher Education.

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