Understanding Human Differences: Multicultural Education for a Diverse America (2nd Edition)
Author Information
Kent Koppelman, Lee GoodhartProduct Details
ISBN: 9780205531042Publish Date: 03/17/2007
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Number of pages: 416
Description
For Multicultural Education/Diversity as well as General Education courses. Students develop conceptual understanding about complex and emotionally-charged issues of diversity in today's world. The author uses clear examples, lucid language, and engaging activities to involve students in thinking through fundamental ideas that ground their understanding of diversity.
The author investigates three converging elements in his examination of human differences: individual attitudes and behaviors, cultural expectations, and institutional policies and practices. This examination provides the basis for the conceptual organization of the text.