1st Edition

Rethinking Multicultural Education for the Next Generation

By Nadine Dolby Copyright 2012
168 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

Rethinking Multicultural Education for the Next Generation builds on the legacy of social justice multicultural education, while recognizing the considerable challenges of reaching today’s college students. By drawing on breakthrough research in two fields – neuroscience and animal studies – Nadine Dolby argues that empathy is an underlying element of all living beings. Dolby shows how this... Read more

1 Multicultural Teacher Education for a New Generation: The Challenge of Social Justice and the Rise of Empathy  2 Who Are Our Students?  3 Multicultural Teacher Education: Past, Present, and Future  4 The New Empathy: Rethinking Human Nature  5 Empathy for All: The Challenge for Multicultural Teacher Education  6 Reaching our Students: The Journey to Empathy  7 The Road from Empathy to Justice  8 A Pedagogy for Erin and Brittany: Towards a New Multicultural Teacher Education.  Appendix.  References

Biography

Nadine Dolby is Associate Professor, Curriculum Studies, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Purdue University.