Multicultural Prism: Voices from the Field. [Volume 1.]

This book weaves together original essays with several that have been published earlier to address establishing the context for multicultural education, implementing multicultural perspectives in the classroom, and assessing the impact of multicultural education. The book also presents two annotated bibliographies. Following a foreword by J. Q. Adams and an introduction by the editors, essays in the book are "Multicultural Education: Development, Dimensions, and Challenges" (James A. Banks); "The Multicultural Campus: Facing the Challenges" (Nancy "Rusty" Barcelo); "Creating Inclusive and Multicultural Communities: Working through Assumptions of Culture, Power, Diversity, and Equity" (Brenda M. Rodriguez); "Building Cultural Bridges: A Bold Proposal for Teacher Education" (Geneva Gay); "Media Literacy: An Educational Basic for the Information Age" (Carlos E. Cortes); "Integrating Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation into the College Curriculum" (Barbara M. Scott); "A Multicultural Perspective in the Women's Studies Classroom" (Martha E. Thompson); "Motivations That Drive Prejudice and Discrimination: Is the Scientific Community Really Objective?" (Duane M. Jackson); "Diversity and Multiculturalism on the Campus: How Are Students Affected?" (Alexander W. Astin); "Multicultural Education: Voices of the Nineties--A Selective, Annotated Bibliography of Journal Articles, Special Issues, and Books" (Katherine M. Dahl); "Films and Videos for the Multicultural Classroom" (Janice R. Welsch). (RS)