Education, Citizenship, and Cultural Options.

Banks, James A.

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ERIC Number: EJ371135

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Education, Citizenship, and Cultural Options.

Banks, James A.

Education and Society, v1 n1 p19-22 Spr 1988

Reviews recent and historical immigration trends in the United States focusing in particular on education. Argues that schooling of immigrants must result in their ability to compute, read, write, and speak standard U.S. English, and to express and to act on the nation's democratic beliefs and ideals. (JDH)

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Immigrants, Literacy, Social Studies, Social Values, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: This journal is published quarterly by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017.