Toward a Common Destiny
Improving Race and Ethnic Relations in America
Published on 4. May 1995
Book
Hardback
486 pages
978-0-7879-0097-7 (ISBN)
Description
Presents a variety of alternative strategies for improving racial and ethnic relations and reducing intolerance and discrimination. The authors, who are some of the most thoughtful scholars in the field, include a five-part plan of action and techniques to assess the effectiveness of each strategy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
818 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-0097-7 (9780787900977)
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Persons
WILLIS D. HAWLEY is dean of the College of Education and professor of education and public affairs at the University of Maryland at College Park. Hawley directs The Common Destiny Alliance, a coalition of national organizations and scholars interested in improving inter--group relations. ANTHONY W. JACKSON is a program officer of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Jackson is a recipient of the Career Achievement Award in Mental Health Policy from the Minority Fellowship Program of the American Psychological Association.
Content
Introduction: Our Unfinished Task; Part One: The Changing Policy Context; 1. Schooling and Social Diversity: Historical Reflections - David Tyack; 2. Race, Ethnicity, and the Defiance of Categories - Shirley Brice Heath; 3. Youth, Interethnic Relations, and Education in Europe - James Lynch; Part Two: The Shaping of Attitudes About Race and Ethnicity; 4. Developmental Processes and Their Influence on Interethnic and Interracial Relations - Cynthia T. Garcia Coll, Heidie A. Vazquez Garcia; 5. Ethnic Identity and Multicultural Competence: Dilemmas and Challenges for Minority Youth - Nancy A. Gonzales, Ana Mari Cauce; 6. Becoming American: A Review of Current Research on the Development of Racial and Ethnic Identity in Children - Eugene E. Garcia, Aida Hurtado; 7. Oppositional Identity and African-American Youth: Issues and Prospects - William E. Cross, Jr; 8. Racialization and Panethnicity: From Asians in America to Asian-Americans; Part Three: Effective Strategies for Improving Race and Ethnic Relations; 9. Intercultural Contact and Race Relations Among American Youth - Jomills Henry Braddock II, Marving P. Hawkins, George Wilson; 10. Promoting Positive Intergroup Relations in School Settings - Janet Ward Schofield; 11. Enhancing Intergroup Relations in Schools: Cooperative Learning and Other Strategies - Robert E. Slavin; 12. Multicultural Education and the Modification of Students' Racial Attitudes - James A. Banks; 13. Education in Multicultural Settings: Perspectives from Global and International Education Programs - Judith Torney-Purta; 14. The Mediation of Interethnic Conflict in Schools - Peter T. Coleman, Morton Deutsch; 15. Preparing Education for Cross-Cultural Teaching - Kenneth M. Zeichner.