This is a pioneering work, timely, scholarly, and grounded in critical-sociological, anthropological, and philosophical traditions. It offers an empathic analysis of pluralist, Afrocentric, and postmodernist advocacies of multicultural education and multiculturalism, but reveals formidable flaws in their conceptions of gender, race, culture, knowledge, learning, and social change. It is required reading for those desiring a synopsis of the literature on multicultural education and multiculturalism, and an understanding of the disputes among the various schools of thought. The author claims that multiculturalism is not a remedy for problems of sexism, racism, and educational underachievement among "ethnic minorities." Rather, so questionable is multiculturalism's endorsement of biological classifications, so relativistic and moralistic are its arguments on cultural differences, and so negligent its analysis of human reasoning that it has become a political pawn. Read Against the Multicultural Agenda to discover what is wrong with the multicultural agenda and what is powerfully persuasive about the alternative--critical thinking.
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?Read Against the Multicultural Agenda to discover what is wrong with the multicultural agenda and what is powerfully persuasive about the alternative-critical thinking. This is definately a different perspective that skeptics from the politcal left, right, middle and event the outside spectrum will want to consider.?-Skeptic
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An examination of the philosophical assumptions, theoretical currents, and conceptual foundations of multicultural education and multiculturalism. The author identifies profound weaknesses in both projects, and presents an alternative proposal for educational reform and social change that stresses the development of students' critical-thinking skills.
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Mr. Webster creates an articulate and insightful exploration of the Left-wing agenda in our university system today. His thesis is well laid out and easy to understand for the intelligent reader. Mr. Webster uses critical thinking skills to disarm and deconstruct old arguements that when illuminated by the light of reason, quickly fall apart. I highly recommend this book for any college Diversity course or for those who want to understand the so-called multi-cultural agenda.
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I bought this book because it was required reading for a college course. I am an avid reader and have read many difficult texts, but this book was very poorly written and hard to wade my way through. The basic concept of the book is that Webster believes that critical thinking should be taught in schools. If this is a required book for you, just take that concept and run, because when you read the book you many not get that. Webster spends too much time talking about details of his personal options that are difficult to pull together in a understandable way.My advise don't buy it if you don't have to.
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certain anatomical attributes, egalitarian social reconstruction, liberationist variant, transformative academic knowledge, insurgent multiculturalism, critical pedagogists, education reform proposals, argument assessment, critical multiculturalism, resistance multiculturalism, multicultural education, difference multiculturalism, multicultural literacy, classificatory criteria, antiracist education, multicultural agenda, transformative intellectuals, transformative knowledge, educational underachievement, racial classification, intellectual standards, multicultural curriculum, education model Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Molefi Asante, African Americans, United States, James Banks, Diane Ravitch, Henry Giroux, Basic Books, Carl Grant, The Bell Curve, Christine Sleeter, Franz Boas, Karl Marx, Phi Delta Kappan, Barry Kanpol, Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, Newt Gingrich, Richard Paul, Annual Editions, Martin's Press, The Free Press, Asa Hilliard, Paulo Freire, University of Chicago Press, Cambridge University Press New!
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- Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives 5th Edition Update by James A. Banks on 16 pages
- The Afrocentric Idea, Revised and Expanded Edition by Molefi Asante on 5 pages
- Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education by Henry A. Giroux on 5 pages
- Multicultural Education: A Global Approach by James Lynch on page 66, page 67, and Back Matter
- Race, Language, and Culture by Franz Boas on page 62, page 97, and Back Matter
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