Mass migration and globalization are creating new and deep challenges to education systems the world over. In this volume, some of the world's leading researchers in multicultural education and immigration discuss critical issues related to cultural sustainability, structural inclusion, and social cohesion. The authors consider how global migration is forcing nation-states to reexamine and reinvent the ways in which they socialize and educate diverse groups for citizenship and civic engagement. These chapters also address how schools can help migrant and immigrant groups attain the knowledge, values, and skills required to become fully participating citizens, while retaining important aspects of their home, community, languages, and culture. Case studies from the United States and Israel are used to illustrate how these concepts are manifested in two immigrant nations.

Book Features:

• An examination of the theories, empirical findings, and promising practices related to education for citizenship.
• Descriptions of large-scale migration and its influences on curricula, modes of teaching, and civic education.
• An interdisciplinary overview of the issues facing immigrant children in schools by Carola Suarez-Orozco and Amy K. Marks.
• Implications for reforming schools in ways that will help students from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic groups become effective citizens.
• A comprehensive chapter on second language learning by Guadalupe Valdes, a leading expert.
• Recommendations for preparing teachers to meet the needs of diverse student populations.

About the Author

James A. Banks holds the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies and is the founding director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. His books include Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society, Second Edition. He received the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation 2022 Medal Award honoring significant, distinguished, and enduring contributions to education through advocating for innovation, advancing education, and imparting inspiration. He received the 2023 AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award. Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco is the Wasserman Dean at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Miriam Ben-Peretz is professor emerita and former dean at the faculty of education at the University of Haifa.

Reviews

"This pioneering volume is required reading for anyone interested in immigration, second generation youth, education, and race or ethnic relations."

-Teachers College Record

"A highly readable and stimulating book, this volume should be required reading for scholars and teacher educators committed to social justice and citizenship education designed for the 21st century. In light of current political realities, the adoption of the suggestions contained in its pages could not hold greater urgency."

-Theory & Research in Social Education

"The editors of Global Migration, Diversity, and Civic Education: Improving Policy and Practice, assembled a highly talented and diverse group of international authors who produced a welcomed volume to the literature on transformative multicultural civic education when Globalisation defines our era."

-Intercultural Education

" Global Migration, Diversity, and Civic Education leaves readers with critical elements to incorporate a substantive and attainable civic education for migrant students. Embedded within a critical multicultural orientation, recommendations point to a transformative conception of civic education so that multiple cultures can thrive together."

-Multicultural Perspectives

Book Information
ISBN 9780807758090
Author James A. Banks
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Teachers' College Press
Publisher Teachers' College Press
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 156mm * 13mm