Human diversity in education : an integrative approach

Part 1 Foundations for multicultural teaching: education in a changing society multicultural education - historical and theoretical perspectives culture and the culture-learning process classrooms and schools as cultural crossroads. Part 2 Multicultural teaching in action: developing learning communities - language and learning style creating developmentally appropriate classrooms creating an inclusive classroom - health and the ability/disability continuum developing a collaborative classroom - gender and sexual orientation the classroom as a global community - race, ethnicity/nationality and region religious pluralism in secular classrooms assessing progress -the importance of social class and social status classrooms of today and tomorrow.