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JAMES BANKS | Faculty
James A. Banks delivered the 29th Annual Faculty Lecture, "Democracy, Diversity and Social Justice:Education in a Global Age'"...
CME LECTURE | Audrey Osler
24th CME Symposium, "Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Minority Education in Britain: a Question of Civil Rights or Human Rights?" ...
Center for
Multicultural Education
The Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle WA, focuses on research projects and activities designed to improve practice related to equity issues, intergroup relations, and the achievement of all students. The Center also engages in services and teaching related to its research mission.
Upcoming Events
Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction: Culture, Gatekeeping, and Learning Morale in Educational Settings
Instructor: Frederick Erickson
Culture has been conceptualized in differing ways. In schools various aspects of culture influence both the provision of instruction and the reactions of students to that instruction. Cultural judgments by educators can function for “educational gatekeeping,” as a means of judging and sorting students in ways that do not benefit them educationally; or cultural judgments can inform “learning morale building,” as a means of making learning environments maximally welcoming to and supportive of students. Relations between culture, gatekeeping, and learning morale in educational settings will be explored in the seminar through readings, lecture/discussion, and review of video examples. As a final exercise students will write a short reflective paper on major topics of the course. More»
Recent Publications
Diversity,Group Identity,and Citizenship Education in a Global Age
in Educational Researcher, April 2008
James A. Banks
Worldwide immigration and quests for rights by minority groups have caused social scientists and educators to raise serious questions about liberal assimilationist conceptions of citizenship that historically have dominated citizenship education in nation-states. Learn more»
Learning In and Out of School in Diverse Environments: Life-Long, Life-Wde, Life-Deep
James A. Banks, Kathryn H. Au, Arnetha F. Ball, Philip Bell, Edmund W. Gordon, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Shirley Brice Heath, Carol D. Lee, Yuhshi Lee, Jabari Mahiri, Na'ilah Suad Nasir, Guadalupe Valdés, Min Zhou
The increasing number of immigrant students, English Language Learners, and students of color in U. S. schools present educators with both opportunities and challenges. How can educators help close the achievement gap by building upon the languages and other learning that occurs in the home and community cultures of students from diverse groups? Learn more»
Center for Multicultural Education
