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Scholarship March 29, 2017

“The Canon Debate, Knowledge Construction, and Multicultural Education”

The Wabash Center

Author
Banks, James A.
Publisher
Educational Researcher 22, no. 5 (1993): 4-14
Reviews the debate over multicultural education, and illustrates the roots of the debate between multiculturalists and Western traditionalists. A typology of knowledge is presented; and it is argued that each type should be part of curriculum at elementary school, secondary school, and higher levels.