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Banks, James A., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2007
The increasing ethnic, racial, cultural, religious, and language diversity in nations throughout the world is forcing educators and policymakers to rethink existing notions of citizenship and nationality. To experience cultural democracy and freedom, a nation must be unified around a set of democratic values such as justice and equality that…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Pluralism, Race, Democratic Values
Abu-Saad, Ismael, Ed.; Champagne, Duane, Ed. – Altamira Press, 2006
Indigenous people have often been confronted with education systems that ignore their cultural and historical perspectives. Largely unsuccessful projects of assimilation have been the predominant outcome of indigenous communities' encounters with state schools, as many indigenous students fail to conform to mainstream cultural norms. This…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Social Integration, Social Development, American Indian Education
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Ayalon, Hanna; Grodsky, Eric; Gamoran, Adam; Yogev, Abraham – Sociology of Education, 2008
This article explores how the structure of higher education in the United States and Israel mediates the relationship among race/ethnicity, social origins, and postsecondary outcomes. On the basis of differences in how the two systems of higher education have developed, the authors anticipated that inequality in college attendance will be greater…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Attendance, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
B'nai B'rith, New York, NY. Anti-Defamation League. – 1983
This catalog lists over 1200 human relations educational materials for elementary and secondary school students, including books, pamphlets, films, filmstrips, recordings, video cassettes, slide-sets, and kits containing instructional guides, filmstrips, and audio cassettes. Print and audio/visual listings, accompanied by photographs and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anti Semitism, Asian Americans, Audiotape Recordings