This unique publication brings together scholarship from both sides of the Atlantic, focusing on the central questions that shape the field of multicultural education. It offers the reader a great opportunity to achieve a real grasp of the subject, facilitating understanding and articulation of key debates, and making important topics, concepts and theories accessible to a broad audience. The Reader is divided into four sections, covering the ideas that are at the core of contemporary multicultural education; theories, identities, practices and methodsThe first section covers some basic conceptual territory and discusses key ideas including ''race'', ''multiculturalism'' and ''anti-racism''. The second section draws together writing that focuses explicitly on the question of identities, examining the meaning of ''race''. In the third part, the articles look at life inside multi-racial classrooms and consider how racialised and racist processes operate on a day-to-day level. Finally, the fourth section addresses different aspects of educational research. The editors have assembled a collection of articles of immense scope and pertinence, making this an excellent must-buy resource book for undergraduates, postgraduateseducation practitioners, academics and anyone concerned with race equality and multicultural education. Format Häftad Omfång 280 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Taylor & Francis Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2004-05-27 ISBN 9780415336635